Myriam Djekoundade (born 2 January 1998) is a French

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player who plays as a

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Professional career

Djekoundade participated in the 2016–2017 season in National 1 at Ifs, a Normandy club near Mondeville. During her first pro season at Mondeville, she averaged 3.1 points and 3.9 rebounds and earned her playing time as a versatile defensive joker. In the spring of 2018, she signed for three more seasons, while continuing higher education that she had put on hold in Hérault. During the 2018–2019 season, her statistics were 6.3 points and 2.2 assists, but she could not avoid Mondeville's relegation to Ligue 2. Djekoundade then signed with Landerneau and extended her contract in spring 2020. After a second season in Landerneau with 4.3 points and 3.6 rebounds for 6.1 evaluation in 23 minutes of play in 2020–2021, she signed for the club Saint-Amand, still in the LFB. She had more playing time in this club, averaging 32 minutes, 9.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. Her club finished 9th and therefore at the foot of the playoffs. She did not stay at Saint-Amand the following season and signed with

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for the 2022–2023 season which, having finished second in the regular season.

National team career

During the summer of 2016, Djekoundade played with the French U18 team led by Arnaud Gupillote, who won the European tournament undefeated, beating

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74 to 44 in the final. During the summer of 2017, she took part in the U19 World Cup, where France lost in the quarter-finals against the

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. In September 2021, Djekoundade won the Nations League gold medal with the French 3x3 under-23 team. With the French women's 3x3 basketball team, she won the silver medal at the

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in Krakow.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Djekoundade, Myriam 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Castres French women's basketball players French women's 3x3 basketball players Small forwards 3x3 basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic 3x3 basketball players for France Basketball players at the 2023 European Games European Games silver medalists for France European Games medalists in basketball 21st-century French sportswomen