Céline Dumerc (born 9 July 1982) is a French former professional

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player. She was named the FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year in 2012, and the

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in 2017.

National team career

Dumerc was the

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of the senior women's French national team. She was France's leading scorer at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, where she won the silver medal.

Awards and accomplishments

Pro clubs

*5× French Women's Cup Winner: (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014) *3× French Women's Federation Cup Winner: (2006, 2007, 2008) *7× French Women's League Champion: (2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2021) *Russian Women's Cup Winner: (2010) *2× Russian Women's League Champion: (2010, 2011) *2× French Women's SuperCup Winner: (2014, 2015) *

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Champion: (

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

)

French women's national team

* 2009 EuroBasket Women: * 2011 EuroBasket Women: * 2012 London Summer Olympics: * 2013 EuroBasket Women: * 2015 EuroBasket Women: * 2017 EuroBasket Women:

Individual

*2× French Women's League Best Young Player: (2001, 2002) *French Women's Federation Cup Best Player: (2007) *2× French Women's League Best French Player: (2008, 2014) *3×

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All-Tournament Team: (

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

) * FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year: (2012) *

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's European Female Player of the Year: (2012) *

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: (2012) *

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's French Sportsman of the Year (2012) *

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Medal (highest distinction of the

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): (2013) *

: (2017) * French Women's League Best Five Players 1998-2018: (2018)

Personal life

She is openly lesbian and was among the six French LGBT athletes featured in the documentary ''We Need to Talk''.

References

External links

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EuroCup Women profileCamp Céline Dumerc
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