Isabelle Yacoubou (born 21 April 1986) is a Beninese-born French

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player. She plays for

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. She has competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics where France won a silver medal. Since May 2004 she also holds the Beninese record in the

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at 15.15 meters.

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* 1986 births Living people Atlanta Dream draft picks Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Beninese emigrants to France Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Beninese women's basketball players Black French sportspeople Centers (basketball) Fenerbahçe women's basketball players French women's basketball players Heilongjiang Dragons players Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players of France Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for France People from Atlantique Department Tarbes Gespe Bigorre players French expatriate basketball people in Spain French expatriate basketball people in Turkey France women's national basketball team players {{France-basketball-bio-stub