Rashidat Odun Sadiq (born 3 January 1981 in

Ibadan Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its me ...

) is a Nigerian

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. She played in the

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with the

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and

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. She also played with the

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at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and the

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1981 births Living people African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Nigeria Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games Nigerian expatriate basketball people in the United States Nigerian women's basketball players Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball players Olympic basketball players of Nigeria Sportspeople from Ibadan UConn Huskies women's basketball players Yoruba sportswomen 21st-century Nigerian women {{Nigeria-basketball-bio-stub