Marlies Askamp (born August 7, 1970 in

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) is a German professional

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player. She was one of the original players to play in the

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(WNBA).

Personal

As a youth, Askamp played basketball and competed in track until at age 16. She speaks

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, and French.

Career highlights

*Played in the 1998 FIBA Women's Championship with the German National Team *All-time leader in offensive rebounds (137) and total rebounds (329) for the now-defunct

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Career statistics

Regular season

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1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

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Playoffs

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External links

WNBA.com: Marlies Askamp Bio

Old WNBA.com: Marles Askamp Bio
at the

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1970 births Living people German expatriate basketball people in the United States Centers (basketball) Phoenix Mercury players Miami Sol players Los Angeles Sparks players German women's basketball players People from Dorsten Sportspeople from Münster (region) {{Germany-basketball-bio-stub