Edwige Lawson (born May 14, 1979), also Edwige Lawson-Wade, is a French former professional

women's basketball Women's basketball is the team sport of basketball played by women. It began being played in 1892, one year after men's basketball, at Smith College in Massachusetts. It spread across the United States, in large part via women's college compet ...

player. A point guard, Lawson started her professional career at the age of 17. She has played in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

, and

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...

in France. She has also played in the WNBA for the

San Antonio Silver Stars The San Antonio Stars were a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Utah Starzz before the ...

New York Liberty The New York Liberty are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Liberty compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as part of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was f ...

, the

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and the

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, and also for CSKA Moscow in the

Russian Superleague The Russian Superleague (russian: Чемпионат России Суперлига, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was consi ...

. Lawson was also the starting point guard for the

France national women's basketball team France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, with whom she won a silver medal at the

2012 London Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. Her resume includes three French championships, two Russian championships and three Euroleague titles (two with Valenciennes and one with CSKA Samara) and one European Championship with

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. Edwige was the three-point competition champion at the 2008 FIBA Europe All-Star game. Lawson is married to professional basketball coach

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. They have a son, James "Jet" Wade III. She is of Beninese descent through her father.

Career

Europe

* 1994–1995:

CJM Bourges Basket Tango Bourges Basket (formerly ''Cercle Jean-Macé Bourges Basket'') is a French women's basketball club from Bourges. Bourges was the first French team to win a FIBA women's competition, the 1995 Ronchetti Cup. So began the club's most succes ...

* 1995–1997: Waïti Bordeaux * 1997–2001: ASPTT Aix-en-Provence * 2001–2004:

US Valenciennes Olympic US Valenciennes Olympic (or USVO, previously ''Union Sportive Valenciennes-Orchies'') is a former French basketball team based in Valenciennes. It will be replaced by Union Hainaut Basket, because of the merging with Union Saint-Amand Porte du H ...

* 2004–2007: VBM-SGAU Samara * 2007–2009: CSKA Moscow * 2009–2010:

WBC Spartak Moscow Region Women's Basketball Club Sparta&K is a women's basketball team based in Vidnoye, Russia that plays in FIBA’s EuroLeague Women. History It won the 2005–06 EuroCup Women and the 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2009–10 EuroLeague Women ...

* 2010–2011:

Ros Casares Ros Casares Godella was a professional women's basketball team based in Godella, Spain. It played in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto between 1996 and 2012, when it resigned to play in EuroLeague and Spanish League. It continued playing in Primera ...

* 2011–2013: Basket Lattes MA

References

External links

Edwige Lawson's Official Website
1979 births Living people Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Black French sportspeople French expatriate basketball people in Russia French expatriate basketball people in Spain French expatriate basketball people in the United States French sportspeople of Beninese descent French women's basketball players Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics New York Liberty players Olympic basketball players of France Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for France Point guards Seattle Storm players Sportspeople from Rennes {{France-basketball-bio-stub