Polina Tzekova | |
Number: | 15 |
Position: | Center |
Height: | 1.95 m |
Nationality: | Bulgarian / French |
Birth Date: | 30 April 1968 |
Birth Place: | Pleven, Bulgaria |
Draft League: | WNBA |
Draft Year: | 1998 |
Draft Round: | 1 |
Draft Pick: | 10 |
Draft Team: | Houston Comets |
Career Start: | 1987 |
Career End: | 2009 |
Years1: | 1987–1991 |
Team1: | Lokomotiv Sofia |
Years2: | 1991–1995 |
Team2: | Priolo |
Years3: | 1995–2002 |
Team3: | Tarbes Gespe Bigorre |
Years4: | 1999 |
Team4: | Houston Comets |
Years5: | 2003–2005 |
Team5: | Tarbes Gespe Bigorre |
Years6: | 2005–2008 |
Team6: | Mourenx BC |
Years7: | 2008–2009 |
Team7: | Tarbes Gespe Bigorre |
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Bbr Wnba: | tzekopo01w |
Letter: | t |
Polina Tzekova (family name sometimes also transliterated as Tsekova, Bulgarian Cyrillic: Полина Цекова; born 30 April 1968, in Pleven) is an international basketball player from Bulgaria, considered to be among the best female basketballers the country has ever produced.[1] She has represented the Bulgaria women's national basketball team, averaging 18,5 points for the side. In 1999, Tzekova signed with the Houston Comets in the Women's National Basketball Association and was part of the roster that won the title at the end of the 1999 WNBA season.[2]
She also competed in the women's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[3]