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WBC Spartak Moscow Region
Women's Basketball Club Sparta&K is a professional women's basketball team based in Vidnoye, Russia that plays in FIBA’s EuroLeague Women. History It won the 2005–06 EuroCup Women and the 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2009–10 EuroLeague Women championship and two SuperCup Women. It is currently the only team that has won 4 consecutive EuroLeague Women titles since 1991 when European Cup For Women's Champions Clubs was rebranded as the Euroleague Women. This is due in part to the team's supplementing of its otherwise Russian roster with seasoned WNBA American and other stars Lauren Jackson, Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Tamika Catchings, Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota, and others. In 2010, the club was renamed to Sparta&K after the sports society Spartak were against the usage of the brand "Spartak" in December 2009. The last letter is devoted to murdered basketball sponsor Shabtai Kalmanovich. Winners FIBA Europe SuperCup Women: (2) * 2009, 2010 EuroLeague Women: (4) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Women's Basketball Premier League
The Russian Women's Basketball Premier League (officially named ''FONBET Premier League'' for sponsoring reasons) is the premier women's basketball competition in Russia. The category consists of 11 teams playing a total of 20 rounds. At the end of the regular season the top eight teams play the play-offs throughout April, ending in a 5 matches final. UMMC Ekaterinburg is the most successful team in the championship with 18 titles, including a record 13-year winning streak. Defunct team WBC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow, later relocated to Samara, Russia, Samara as VBM-SGAU Samara (9), WBC Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow (4) and Spartak Moscow Region (2) follow in the palmares. Thanks to large number of foreign players, WBPL teams have been successful in the Euroleague Women, Euroleague since the 2000s, with Spartak Moscow Region winning 4 titles in a row (a competition record since 1976), UMMC Ekaterinburg winning 6 titles, and VBM-SGAU Samara and Dynamo Kursk one each. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilona Korstin
Ilona Kalyuvna Korstin (; born May 30, 1980) is a retired Russian basketball forward of Estonian origin, who competed for her native Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning two bronze medals. She ended her career in 2013. She is CEO at the VTB United League Career statistics WNBA , - , align=left , , align=left , Phoenix , 12, , 0, , 6.3, , .280, , .333, , .857, , 0.9, , 0.4, , 0.3, , 0.0, , 0.8, , 1.8 , - class="sortbottom" , align=left , Career , align=left , 1 year, 1 team , 12, , 0, , 6.3, , .280, , .333, , .857, , 0.9, , 0.4, , 0.3, , 0.0, , 0.8, , 1.8 Honors and achievements International * Olympics Bronze Medal (2): 2004, 2008 * World Championship Silver Medal (2): 2002, 2006 * EuroBasket (3): 2003, 2007, 2011 Club ; Bourges Basket * Euroleague (1): 2001 * Ligue Féminine (2): 1999, 2000 ; VBM-SGAU Samara (CSKA Moscow) * Euroleague (1): 2005 * Russian Premier League (3): 2004, 2005, 2006 * Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelena Škerović
Jelena Škerović (born 23 December 1980) is a Montenegrin female basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ... coach and former player. Currently she is head coach of Lotos Gdynia and the Montenegrin national team. References External linksProfileat FIBA EuropeProfileat eurobasket.com 1980 births Living people Point guards Montenegrin women's basketball players 21st-century Montenegrin sportswomen Montenegrin women's basketball coaches Basketball players from Podgorica Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Poland Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Russia Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Turkey Serbia and Montenegro women's basketball players Serbia and Montene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle Yacoubou
Isabelle Yacoubou (born 21 April 1986) is a Beninese-born French basketball player. She plays for France women's national basketball team. She has competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics where France won a silver medal. Since May 2004 she also holds the Beninese record in the shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ... at 15.15 meters. Returning in 2022 to her training club Tarbes, she was injured in January 2024 during a match against Charleville-Mézières. On 28 February 2024 Tarbes GB announced that Yacoubou was stopping her playing career and joining the club's management. References External links * 1986 births Living people Atlanta Dream draft picks Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Meesseman
Emma Meesseman (born 13 May 1993) is a Belgian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's basketball), Fenerbahçe of the Women's Basketball Super League and EuroLeague Women. After playing basketball in Belgium, Meesseman was drafted by the Washington Mystics with the 19th overall pick in the second round of the 2013 WNBA draft. She has also played for the Belgium women's national basketball team, Belgian national team and several European professional teams. She was named the 2011 FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year Award, FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year and the 2019 WNBA Finals Most valuable player, MVP. Meesseman studied physical education at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Professional career Europe Meesseman's club career began at the age of 16. She played domestically for the Blue Cats, based in her birth town of Ypres, and in the EuroCup Women, EuroCup for Lotto Young Cats, also in her native Belgium. In her second season with the Blu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Thompson
Tina Marie Thompson (born February 10, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. Most recently, she served as the head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team from 2018 to 2022; she was subsequently hired by the Portland Trail Blazers as a team scout later in 2022. Thompson was inducted into both the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018. The first college draft pick in WNBA history, Thompson was selected first by the Houston Comets. She helped lead the Comets to four consecutive WNBA Championships in 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. She won two Olympic gold medals and made nine WNBA All-Star Game appearances. Until 2017, she was the WNBA's all-time leading scorer and, as of , she ranks fourth in WNBA history. Early life and college Thompson was born in Los Angeles, California. She grew up playing basketball with her brother TJ and his friends at Robertson Park in West Los Angeles, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epiphanny Prince
Epiphanny Prince (born January 11, 1988) is a Russian-American former professional basketball player. She is best known for scoring 113 points for Murry Bergtraum in a high-school game in 2006, breaking a girls' national prep record previously held by Hall of Famer Cheryl Miller. She participated in the 2006 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and McD's High School All-America Games. Career Overseas In June 2009, Prince announced plans to leave Rutgers after only three years to play professional basketball in Europe for a year. According to ''The New York Times'', Prince was only 10 units from earning a degree in criminal justice and African-American studies and planned to complete her degree during the summer of 2009. Her announcement was not binding until she signed with an agent; in August, Prince signed with Wasserman Media Group. Prince initially joined Russian team Spartak Moscow, then Turkish team Botaş Spor, before the 2010 WNBA draft. In 2015, Prince mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janel McCarville
Janel McCarville (born November 3, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player from Custer, Wisconsin who is currently a high school basketball coach. Early life Born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, McCarville attended Stevens Point Area Senior High (SPASH), where she led her school to a 59–11 record over her final three years. As a senior, McCarville averaged 19.4 ppg and led her team to a runner-up finish in the 2001 Wisconsin Division I State Tournament. She had tournament averages of 21.7 ppg and 14.7 rpg. She shared the Wisconsin Player of the Year award with Mistie Williams (née Bass) and was honored as an AAU All-American and a member of the 2001 all-state first team. College career McCarville was a standout collegiate women's basketball player for the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities). She was named the Freshman of the Year in the Big Ten for the 2001-02 season. McCarville started all four years during her time with the Golden Gophers. McCarville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becky Hammon
Rebecca Lynn Hammon (Russian: Ребекка Линн Хэммон; born March 11, 1977) is a Russian-American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She previously served as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A three-time All-American basketball player for the Colorado State Rams, Hammon went on to play for the San Antonio Stars and New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for several other teams outside the United States. Hammon was born and raised in the United States, but she became a naturalized Russian citizen in 2008 and represented the Russian national team in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Hammon was hired by the San Antonio Spurs as an assistant coach in 2014. Hammon served as the team's Summer League head coach in 2015; she is the first Russian and the first woman to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Shaqueria Fowles (born October 6, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. Fowles played for the Chicago Sky and Minnesota Lynx during her WNBA career. She won the WNBA Most Valuable Player Award, WNBA MVP Award in 2017 and the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, WNBA Defensive Player of the Year award four times (2011, 2013, 2016, 2021). She led the Lynx to win the WNBA Finals, WNBA Championship in 2015 and 2017, and she was named the WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award, MVP of the WNBA Finals both times. In 2020, Fowles overtook Rebekkah Brunson to become the WNBA's career leader in rebounds. In 2025, Fowles will be inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Naismith Hall of Fame. Early life Fowles was born in Miami, Florida, the daughter of Arrittio Fowles. She has three brothers, Walter, Jeremy, Morris, and one sister, Dorothy. Fowles grew up in some of the rougher neighborhoods of Mia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candice Dupree
Candice Dupree (born August 16, 1984) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for the women's basketball team at Tennessee State University. She was selected sixth in the 2006 WNBA draft by the Chicago Sky. In 2014, Dupree won the WNBA Championship with the Phoenix Mercury. She has also played basketball professionally in Europe and Asia. She has won two FIBA World Cups with Team USA. Dupree was hired by the San Antonio Spurs as a Player Development coach in 2022. Personal life Dupree grew up in Tampa, Florida. She played basketball and volleyball at Paul R. Wharton High School. She has two siblings, a twin sister and another, younger sister. Dupree played basketball at Temple University from 2002 to 2006. She won numerous awards and accolades as a college basketball player, drawing comparisons to the NBA's Tim Duncan. Dupree was married to former Mercury teammate DeWanna Bonner. In 2017, Bonner gave birth to twin girls, Cali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Delicia Augustus (born April 30, 1984) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. She is currently an assistant coach for the LSU Tigers women's basketball, Louisiana State University women's basketball team. She was drafted first overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2006 WNBA draft and played for the Lynx for most of her Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) career except for her final season in with the Los Angeles Sparks. An eight-time WNBA All-Star Game, All-Star and the 2011 WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award, finals MVP, Augustus led the Lynx to four WNBA championships. She also won three gold medals in the Olympics on the United States women's national basketball team, U.S. national team. In addition to the WNBA and the national team, she played for overseas for different teams, ending with the Dynamo Kursk. After retiring as a player in 2020, she was an assistant coach for the Sparks for two seasons. Early life Augustus was born i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
