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French basketball player
A.K.A.
Celine Dumerc
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
9 July 1982(Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitania, France)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Céline Dumerc (born 9 July 1982) is a French professional basketball player. She was named the FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year in 2012, and the French player of the year in 2017.
National team career
Dumerc is the captain of the senior women's French national team. She was France's leading scorer at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, where she won the silver medal.
Awards and accomplishments
Pro clubs
- 5× French Women's Cup Winner: (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014)
- 3× French Women's Federation Cup Winner: (2006, 2007, 2008)
- 7× French Women's League Champion: (2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2021)
- Russian Women's Cup Winner: (2010)
- 2× Russian Women's League Champion: (2010, 2011)
- 2× French Women's SuperCup Winner: (2014, 2015)
- EuroCup Women Champion: (2016)
French women's national team
- 2009 EuroBasket Women:
Gold - 2011 EuroBasket Women:
Bronze - 2012 London Summer Olympics:
Silver - 2013 EuroBasket Women: Silver
- 2015 EuroBasket Women: Silver
- 2017 EuroBasket Women: Silver
Individual
- 2× French Women's League Best Young Player: (2001, 2002)
- French Women's Federation Cup Best Player: (2007)
- 2× French Women's League Best French Player: (2008, 2014)
- 3× EuroBasket Women All-Tournament Team: (2009, 2013, 2015)
- FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year: (2012)
- La Gazzetta dello Sport's European Female Player of the Year: (2012)
- French National Order of Merit: (2012)
- Radio France's French Sportsman of the Year (2012)
- Robert Busnel Medal (highest distinction of the French Basketball Federation): (2013)
- French player of the year: (2017)
- French Women's League Best Five Players 1998-2018: (2018)
Personal life
She is openly lesbian and was among the six French LGBT athletes featured in the documentary We Need to Talk.