Élisabeth Riffiod (born 20 July 1947) is a former

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women's professional

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player. With 247 games played with the national team and 6 french championships won, she is considered as one of the best French centers to ever play the game. She was awarded with the Glory of Sport in 1993. She was inducted into the

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, in 2006.

Personal life

After her basketball playing career, she was a biology professor at the

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. Her son,

Boris Diaw Boris Babacar Diaw-Riffiod (born April 16, 1982), better known as Boris Diaw, is a French basketball executive and former player who is the president of Metropolitans 92 of LNB Pro A. Diaw began his playing career in Pro A and returned to that l ...

, also is a professional basketball player, having competed for several European and

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teams, and winning an NBA championship with the

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. Her oldest son, Martin, also became a professional basketball player, notably playing for the JSA Bordeaux basket.

References

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