Evelyn Mawuli (馬瓜エブリン; born 2 June 1995) is a Japanese professional

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player. She competed at the

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, winning a silver medal. Evelyn was born to Ghanaian parents in

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. At the age of 14, she naturalized along with her entire family to become a Japanese citizen, in order to represent Japan in international tournaments.

Career

WJBL

Mawuli played for the Aisin AW Wings, a team based in

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, since the 2014–15 season where she made her professional debut. In 2017, Mawuli signed with the

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-based, Toyota Antelopes for the 2017–18 season.

National team

Youth level

Mawuli made her international debut at the

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in India where Japan took home the silver medal. She was again named to the Under-16 team, for the

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, where Japan won Gold. Mawuli was named to the team for the

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. Japan finished the tournament in fourth place and Mawuli was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Senior level

Mawuli made her debut with the senior national team, at the

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where Japan placed in third, taking home the bronze. Mawuli was part of the gold medal winning Japanese team at the

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. She also represented Japan in the following 2019 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup, again held in Bangalore, where Japan again came away with the gold medal. Mawuli represented Japan during two olympics campaigns, playing in both the Olympic qualifying tournaments in Belgium in 2020, and Hungary in 2024, as well as the games themselves, in Tokyo 2020, and Paris 2024.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mawuli, Evelyn 1995 births Living people Naturalized citizens of Japan Japanese women's basketball players Japanese people of Ghanaian descent Sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Small forwards Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Sportspeople from Toyohashi Basketball players from Aichi Prefecture Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for Japan Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Aisin Wings players Toyota Antelopes players Basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Japanese sportswomen Asian Games bronze medalists in basketball