Awa Guèye (born 31 August 1978 in

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 mill ...

) is a

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ese former

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player for the

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who competed in the

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. She also competed with Senegal at the

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and 2010 FIBA World Championships for Women as well as at the 2008 World Qualifying Tournament for the Summer Olympics.

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* * * * 1978 births Living people Basketball players from Dakar Senegalese women's basketball players 21st-century Senegalese sportswomen Olympic basketball players for Senegal Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics African Games gold medalists for Senegal African Games gold medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 2003 All-Africa Games Medalists at the 2003 All-Africa Games Basketball players at the 2007 All-Africa Games {{Senegal-basketball-bio-stub