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Eurobasket Women 1950
The 1950 European Championship for Women was the 2nd regional championship held by FIBA Europe for women. The competition was held in Budapest, Hungary and took place May 14–20, 1950. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, with Hungary and Czechoslovakia winning silver and bronze, respectively. Squads Preliminary round The teams where divided in three groups of 4 squads each, with only the top two from each group advancing to the medal round. The remaining teams were put on a second group to define the 7th to 12th spot in the final standings. Group A Group B Group C Final round 1st to 6th place 7th to 12th place Final ranking External links FIBA Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Eurobasket 1950 Women 1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aerof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Marie Colchen
Anne-Marie Colchen-Maillet (8 December 1925 – 26 January 2017) was a French track and field athlete and women's basketball player. She became France's first high jump champion at the 1946 European Athletics Championships and held the French record for the event for ten years. She represented France in high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics. In basketball she was the highest scorer at the 1953 FIBA World Championship for Women, helping France to third place. She was a member of the French national team for the European Women's Basketball Championship in 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1956. Career Born in Le Havre, she joined up with the local sports club, the Association Sportive Augustin Normand (ASAN). Standing at a height of – unusually tall for a woman in that era – she found she had a natural talent for high jump and basketball. Athletics Colchen first emerged as a high jumper in the mid-1940s and she ranked in the world's top twenty in 1944, clearing . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
