Brigitte Affidehome Tonon is a Beninese researcher, author former basketball player and head coach of Benin men's national basketball team. Having coached Benin at the regional 2017 FIBA AfroBasket qualifiers, Tonon became the first woman in Africa to coach a men's national basketball team.
Background
Tonon was born to Pierre Coffi Tonon, who as of 2017 was the Secretary General of the Federation Beninoise de Basketball (FBBB)
She has a PhD in Exercise Physiology from the
University of Abomey-Calavi
The University of Abomey-Calavi ''()'' is the principal public university in the west African country of Benin. The university is located in the city of Abomey-Calavi in the south of the country.
The school is composed of 19 institutions and s ...
(UAC)
Career
In 2017, Tonon was named head coach of the
Benin men's national basketball team in 2017 and was in charge of the team during the
2017 FIBA Afrobasket Qualifiers in Cotonou where she coached the team to a 69-61 victory over
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...
. Tonon works at the Benin Sports Institute in Porto Novo as a Coaches, Instructor
As a holder of a PhD in
Exercise Physiology
Exercise physiology is the physiology of physical exercise. It is one of the allied health professions, and involves the study of the acute responses and chronic adaptations to exercise. Exercise physiologists are the highest qualified exercise ...
, Tonon is a published author on the same subject.
See also
References
External links
Website of the Benin Basketball FederationPublished works of Brigitte Affidehome Tonon
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Living people
Beninese women
Beninese women's basketball players
Beninese sports coaches
Beninese sports executives and administrators
Basketball coaches
Beninese academics
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Female sports coaches