Isabelle Yacoubou (born 21 April 1986) is a Beninese-born French

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player. She plays for

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. She has competed in the

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where France won a silver medal. Since May 2004 she also holds the Beninese record in the

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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.

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* 1986 births Living people Atlanta Dream draft picks Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Beninese emigrants to France French sportspeople of Beninese descent Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Beninese women's basketball players Black French sportspeople Centers (basketball) Fenerbahçe women's basketball players French women's basketball players Heilongjiang Dragons players Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for France Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for France People from Atlantique Department Tarbes Gespe Bigorre players French expatriate basketball people in Spain French expatriate basketball people in Turkey France women's national basketball team players 21st-century French sportswomen {{France-basketball-bio-stub