Mactabene Amachree (born 30 January 1978 in
Port Harcourt) is a former Nigerian professional basketball player.
WNBA Player Bio
In 2001, she became the first Nigerian to play in the WNBA.[(28 July 2005)]
Nigerian Finds Home in Washington, DC Women's Pro Basketball Team
, VOA News. Retrieved 03-06-2009. Amachree played on the Nigeria women's national basketball team
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in the 2004 Summer Olympics
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. She is also the princess
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Princess as a subst ...
of the Ojuka Clan of the Kalabari people in Nigeria.[
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Notes
1978 births
Living people
Olympic basketball players for Nigeria
Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Abilene Christian University alumni
Nigerian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Nigerian women's basketball players
Beşiktaş women's basketball players
Sportspeople from Port Harcourt
African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
African Games medalists in basketball
Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games
Forwards (basketball)
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