Céline Dumerc Explained

Céline Dumerc
League:	LFB
Team:	Basket Landes
Number:	9
Height Ft:	5
Height In:	7
Weight Lbs:	136
Position:	Point guard
Nationality:	French
Birth Date:	9 July 1982
Birth Place:	Tarbes, France
Years1:	1997–2000
Team1:	CFBB
Years2:	2000–2003
Team2:	Tarbes GB
Years3:	2003–2009
Team3:	Bourges
Years4:	2009–2011
Team4:	UMMC
Years5:	2011–2016
Team5:	Bourges
Years6:	2014
Team6:	Atlanta Dream
Years7:	2016–present
Team7:	Basket Landes
Highlights:	FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year (2012) French player of the year (2017)

Céline Dumerc (born 9 July 1982) is a French professional basketball player.^[1] She was named the FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year in 2012, and the French player of the year in 2017.

National team career

Dumerc is the captain of the senior women's French national team.^[2] She was France's leading scorer at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, where she won the silver medal.^[3]

Awards and accomplishments

Pro clubs

• 5× French Women's Cup Winner: (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014)
• 3× French Women's Federation Cup Winner: (2006, 2007, 2008)
• 7× French Women's League Champion: (2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2021)
• Russian Women's Cup Winner: (2010)
• 2× Russian Women's League Champion: (2010, 2011)
• 2× French Women's SuperCup Winner: (2014, 2015)
• EuroCup Women Champion: (2016)

French women's national team

• 2009 EuroBasket Women

• 2011 EuroBasket Women

• 2012 London Summer Olympics

• 2013 EuroBasket Women

• 2015 EuroBasket Women

• 2017 EuroBasket Women

Individual

• 2× French Women's League Best Young Player: (2001, 2002)
• French Women's Federation Cup Best Player: (2007)
• 2× French Women's League Best French Player: (2008, 2014)
• 3× EuroBasket Women All-Tournament Team: (2009, 2013, 2015)
• FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year

(2012)

• La Gazzetta dello Sport's European Female Player of the Year: (2012)^[4]
• French National Order of Merit

(2012)

• Radio France's French Sportsman of the Year (2012)
• Robert Busnel Medal (highest distinction of the French Basketball Federation): (2013)
• French player of the year

(2017)

• French Women's League Best Five Players 1998-2018: (2018)

Personal life

She is openly lesbian and was among the six French LGBT athletes featured in the documentary We Need to Talk.^[5]

External links

• • EuroCup Women profile
• Camp Céline Dumerc

Notes and References

1. http://www.wnba.com/dream/roster/ Atlanta Dream Roster
2. http://www.fibaeurope.com/euroleaguewomen/cid_-tmRPCfrIrYRSO2M5V49E1.compID_jr6ZiXqeGhMBtfq1yxqV83.roundID_8580.season_2012.teamID_2665.playerID_28317.html Profile
3. Céline Dumerc . 2020-10-08 . 2012-12-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121218160409/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/celine-dumerc-1.html . dead .
4. https://www.hoopfeed.com/content/2014/04/03/atlanta-dream-signs-french-star-celine-dumerc/ Atlanta Dream signs French star Céline Dumerc.
5. Web site: Buzinski. Jim. 2021-06-21. 6 French athletes, including 3 Olympians, come out for Pride. 2021-07-29. Outsports. en.