Mactabene Amachree
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | 30 January 1978
Nationality | Nigerian |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 179 lb (81 kg) |
Career information | |
College | Abilene Christian |
Playing career | 2001–present |
Position | Forward |
Career history | |
2001 | New York Liberty |
2003 | Seattle Storm |
2005 | Washington Mystics |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Mactabene Amachree (born 30 January 1978 in Port Harcourt) is a former Nigerian professional basketball player.[1] In 2001, she became the first Nigerian to play in the WNBA.[2] Amachree played on the Nigeria women's national basketball team in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She is also the princess of the Ojuka Clan of the Kalabari people in Nigeria.[2]
Notes
- ^ WNBA Player Bio Archived 2009-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b (28 July 2005), Nigerian Finds Home in Washington, DC Women's Pro Basketball Team Archived 2009-03-19 at the Wayback Machine, VOA News. Retrieved 03-06-2009.
Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Olympic basketball players of Nigeria
- Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Abilene Christian University alumni
- Nigerian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Nigerian women's basketball players
- Beşiktaş women's basketball players
- Sportspeople from Port Harcourt
- African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- African Games medalists in basketball
- Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games
- Forwards (basketball)
- Nigerian sportspeople stubs
- African basketball biography stubs