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 | |||||||||||||||
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Mactabene Amachree (born 30 January 1978) is a Nigerian former 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]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Mactabene Amachree at FIBA (archive)
- Mactabene Amachree international stats at Basketball-Reference.com
- Mactabene Amachree at Olympics.com
- Mactabene Amachree at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Olympic basketball players for 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)
- Nigeria women's national basketball team players
- Nigerian sportspeople stubs
- African basketball biography stubs