is a Japanese

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 ...

player for

Casademont Zaragoza Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Basket Zaragoza and as Casademont Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the FIBA Europe Cup. ...

of the

Liga Femenina de Baloncesto The Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, also known as Liga Femenina Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of sports league, league competition for women's basketball in Spain. It is the women's equivalent of the men's Liga ACB and is run by ...

, in Spain. Previously, she played for the

Toyota Antelopes The Toyota Antelopes () are a professional basketball club based in Nagoya, Aichi, playing in the Women's Japan Basketball League. From 2024 they are playing in the upper “W-League Premier”, after the women’s league is split into two divisio ...

of the

Women's Japan Basketball League The Women's Japan Basketball League () is the premier women's basketball league in Japan. From 2024–25 there was a change to a two level league structure, with the “W-League Premier” being the top league, and the “W-League Future” being ...

. She also plays for the

Japan women's national 3x3 team The Japan women's national 3x3 team is a national 3x3 basketball team of Japan, administered by the Japan Basketball Association. It represents the country in international 3x3 (3 against 3) women's basketball competitions. As of late 2019, the ...

. The younger Mawuli led the national U23 3x3 team to the World championship in 2019. She became the first-ever player to win both 5x5 and 3x3 medals at

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the 1951 Asian Games, first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until ...

in 2018. In 2023, Mawuli signed a contract to play on the training camp roster of the

New York Liberty The New York Liberty are an American professional basketball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Liberty compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Confer ...

. On 11 May 2024, Mawuli was waived by the New York Liberty. On May 22, 2024 she signed for

for the 2024-2025 season.

Personal

She played with her sister Evelyn for the

. Her parents were both born in

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

and emigrated to Japan. Stephanie was born in Toyohashi, Aichi. She naturalized along with her entire family to become a Japanese citizen, in order to represent Japan in international tournaments. Stephanie Mawuli AS

References

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Stephanie Mawuli
at the

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mawuli, Stephanie 1998 births Living people Basketball players at the 2018 Asian Games Japanese people of Ghanaian descent Sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Japanese women's basketball players Basketball players from Aichi Prefecture Asian Games medalists in basketball Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games 3x3 basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic 3x3 basketball players for Japan Japanese women's 3x3 basketball players Toyota Antelopes players Basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for Japan 21st-century Japanese sportswomen