Kateřina Elhotová (; born 14 October 1989) is a Czech basketball player currently playing for USK Praha of the

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Career

Elhotova joined USK Praha in 2007. She was part of the 2013-14 Prague team who went the entire season unbeaten (41 wins) and the team that won the Euroleague in 2015. She won the FIBA Europe SuperCup with Praha, scoring 32 points against Castors Braine and, in the final against UMMC Ekaterinburg, 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and one steal. She was named MVP of the tournament. Elhotova was signed by the

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of the WNBA on 25 February 2016

International

Elhotova made her international debut at the 2004 European Under-16 Championship. In 2007, she played at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women and

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. She has played for the Czech Republic at Eurobasket 2007 through to 2015. She played at the World Championships in

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, (winning the silver medal) and

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and at the

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and

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Summer Olympics, both times reaching the tournament's quarter finals.

References

External links

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at FIBAEurope.com 1989 births Living people Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Czech women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for the Czech Republic Small forwards Basketball players from Prague {{CzechRepublic-basketball-bio-stub