Émilie Gomis (born 18 October 1983) is a French-Senegalese professional
basketball
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player playing
point guard
The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the Basketball positions, five positions in a regulation basketball game.
A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player ...
position. She played for
Fenerbahçe of the
TWBL league. She wore the number 4. Competing for France, she won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
In January 2024, Gomis declined an offer to be an ambassador for the
Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The
organising committee for the games confirmed her refusal in a statement. Gomis published an anti-Israel post on Instagram before announcing the decision.
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1983 births
Living people
Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Fenerbahçe women's basketball players
French expatriate basketball people in the United States
French sportspeople of Senegalese descent
French women's basketball players
Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic basketball players for France
Olympic medalists in basketball
Olympic silver medalists for France
Guards (basketball)
21st-century French sportswomen
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