Jacky Chazalon (born 24 March 1945) is a retired French

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basketball player. Chazalon played for the

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from 1963 to 1976 and won silver at the

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Championship. During her time in FIBA, she played in the

1971 FIBA World Championship for Women The 1971 FIBA World Championship for Women (Spanish:1971 Campeonato Mundial Feminino da Fiba) was hosted by Brazil from 1971. The Soviet Union won the tournament, defeating Brazil 88-69 in the final. Venues Preliminary round Group A ...

and the

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. Chazalon was named France's Women Basketball Player of the Century in 2000. She was awarded the Glory of Sport in 2003 and inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.

Early life

Chazalon was born on 24 March 1945 in Alès,

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Career

Chazalon began her basketball career in 1960. After playing for multiple teams for one-year terms, she played for

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from 1964 to 1976. During her time with Clermont, she won the French League Championships consecutively from 1968 to 1976 and was the runner-up in the EuroLeague Women Championship four times between 1971 and 1976. While playing in

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, Chazalon was a member of the

from 1963 to 1976 and won a silver medal in the

Championship. She played in six

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championships from 1964 to 1976 excluding 1974. In world competitions, Chazalon played in the

and

. Apart from playing basketball, Chazalon worked as a gym teacher. Outside of France, Chazalon was invited to play at a men's basketball camp in Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania against

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players

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and

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Awards and honors

Chazalon was awarded the

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Medal in 1994 by the

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and named the Female Basketball Player of the Century in 2000. She was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007. Gymnasiums in

Feytiat Feytiat (; oc, Festiac) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. Population Inhabitants are known as ''Feytiacois'' in French. See also *Communes of the Haute-Vienne department Th ...

and

Savigny-le-Temple Savigny-le-Temple () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne Department of France in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris. It is the largest commune in the "new town ...

were opened and named after Chazalon.

References

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