Leonie Fiebich (born 10 January 2000) is a German professional

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player for

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of the

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. She was drafted by the

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in the second round of the 2020 WNBA draft and has played for the

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Early life

Fiebich's home club was the DJK Landsberg, and at the age of 14 she trained and played for Landsberg's women team as a youth player.

Professional career

Fiebich started her professional career for TS Jahn München in 2016. In her first season, she averaged 12.1 points and 8.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. In her second season, she averaged 16.2 points and 7.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. She was signed by Wasserburg for the 2018–19 season. She was named best Bundesliga newcomer of the 2018–19 season as she averaged 10.3 points, 8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. She played just one game in the 2019–20 season after she tore her cruciate ligament at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup. On 17 April 2020, the

selected Fiebich with the 22nd overall pick in the 2020 WNBA draft. Fiebich returned to Wasserburg for the 2020–21 season. For the 2021–22 season, Fiebich joined French team Flammes Carolo Basket. She then moved to Australia to play for the

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during the 2022 NBL1 West season. For the 2022–23 season, Fiebich joined

of the

. She returned to Zaragoza for the 2023–24 season.

National team career

Junior teams

Fiebich won the silver medal with the German national under-16 basketball team at the 2016 FIBA Under16 European Championship where she averaged 11.9 points, 11.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. She also participated at the 2018 FIBA Under18 European Championship where she won the gold medal and averaged 11.7 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game and was selected to the "team of the tournament. She also participated at the

2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup The 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup (Greek: Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο Μπάσκετ FIBA Under-19 2019) was the 14th edition of the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, the biennial international men's youth basketball championshi ...

where she averaged 7 points, 9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.

Senior team

In October 2018, she made her debut with the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fiebich, Leonie 2000 births Living people German women's basketball players Forwards (basketball) German expatriate basketball people in the United States Los Angeles Sparks draft picks People from Landsberg am Lech Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria