Robert Thomson (born January 28, 1982) is a Rwandan-American former basketball player currently playing for

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of the Romanian Basketball League. He is a member of the

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. Born in

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, Thomson graduated from

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. He played college basketball at

Fairfield University Fairfield University is a private Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2017, the university had about 4,100 full-time undergraduate students and 1,100 graduate students, including full-time ...

. Thomson moved to

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in 2006 after graduating from Fairfield and playing two years of professional basketball in

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and

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. Thomson later received a Rwandan passport and was a member of the

team that finished ninth at the

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and the

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that qualified for the first African championship in Rwandan history. Thomson led all players in rebounds and minutes per game at the 2009 tournament.FIBA Africa Championship Individual Leaders
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Awards and accomplishments

Club

;U Cluj-Napoca * Liga Națională: (2011)

References

1982 births Living people Saucon Valley High School alumni American emigrants Immigrants to Rwanda American men's basketball players American people of Rwandan descent CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (men's basketball) players CSM Mediaș (basketball) players Élan Béarnais players Fairfield Stags men's basketball players Rwandan men's basketball players Centers (basketball) Makedonikos B.C. players Sportspeople from Northampton County, Pennsylvania {{Rwanda-basketball-bio-stub