Johannah Leedham-Warner (born 12 May 1987) is a

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player for

Great Britain women's national basketball team The Great Britain women's national basketball team represents Great Britain in international women's basketball. The current governing body for the Great Britain team was formed by the national basketball organisations of England (Basketball Engla ...

and for French club

ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq is a French women's basketball club from Villeneuve-d'Ascq playing in the Ligue Féminine de Basketball since 2000. Honours * Ligue Féminine ** Winners (1): 2017 * French Cup ** Runner-up (3): 2003, 2008, 2014 * EuroCu ...

Early life and college career

She was born in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire and started playing basketball at the age of 13. Her father encouraged this new interest, putting a net up on the outside of their house. Jo played with the Ellesmere Port Panthers before gaining a place at Cheshire Academy High School, Connecticut (while playing for them she was New England Prep School Player of the Year in 2005), and, subsequently, Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire, where she became the leading all-time scorer in NCAA Division II with 3050 points.

Professional career

In April 2010, Jo was drafted by the WNBA's Connecticut Sun and made her professional debut with Polish club Gorzow. She has spent the 2011-12 campaign in Australia, playing in the WNBL for the national champions

Bulleen Boomers The Melbourne Boomers are an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne, Victoria. The Boomers compete in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and play the majority of their home games at Melbourne Sports Centre – Par ...

under GB head coach

Tom Maher Tom Maher (born 4 September 1952 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian basketball coach, who is the most successful coach in Women's National Basketball League history, having won nine WNBL titles. He coached Nunawading Spectres to six tit ...

. She is part of the squad for the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. In February 2013 she signed a rookie contract to play for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA but was ultimately waived on 23 May 2013. In 2013, she signed a two-year deal with

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in France and in 2017 joined ESBVA.

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Johannah Leedham
at Eurobasket.com 1987 births Living people Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics British women's basketball players College women's basketball players in the United States Connecticut Sun draft picks English women's basketball players Franklin Pierce University alumni Olympic basketball players of Great Britain People from Ellesmere Port Small forwards Cheshire Academy alumni {{UK-basketball-bio-stub