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Becky Hammon
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American-Russian basketball player and coach
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Becky Hammon is an American and Russian basketball player and coach. Born in Rapid City in 1977, she played as a point guard in the Women's National Basketball Association for the New York Liberty. She also competed for WBC CSKA Moscow and the Las Vegas Aces as a manager. Her international career included representing the United States and Russia in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women, and EuroBasket Women 2009.
Hammon’s professional timeline spanned from 1999 to 2014. She received the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, and induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. A native English speaker, she also speaks Russian.
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Key facts
- Title
- Head coach
- League
- WNBA
- Born
- ( 1977-03-11 ) March 11, 1977 (age 49) , Rapid City, South Dakota , U.S.
- Nationality
- American / Russian
- Listed height
- 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
- Listed weight
- 136 lb (62 kg)
- High school
- Stevens , (Rapid City, South Dakota)
- College
- Colorado State (1995–1999)
- Wnba draft
- 1999 : undrafted
- Playing career
- 1999–2014
- Position
- Point guard
- Coaching career
- 2014–present
- 1999 2006
- New York Liberty
- 2001 2002
- Trentino Rovereto Basket
- 2006 2007
- Rivas Ecópolis
- 2007 2014
- San Antonio Stars
- 2007 2009
- CSKA Moscow
- 2009 2010
- Ros Casares Valencia
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- Las Vegas Aces
- Position
- Manager
- Nationality
- Russia
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Becky
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Rapid City
- Occupation
- basketball coach
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- EuroBasket Women 2009
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- point guard
- Country for sport
- Russia
- Mass
- 62
- Official website
- www.beckyhammon25.com
- Image
- Becky Hammon in 2015.jpg
- Height
- 168
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- Commons category
- Becky Hammon
- date of birth
- 1977-03-11
- end of work period
- 2014-00-00
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
- social media followers
- 87245
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Encyclopedic overview
Rebecca Lynn Hammon (born March 11, 1977) is an American-Russian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is considered one of the greatest players and coaches in WNBA history, and a pioneer for female coaches in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Hammon played college basketball for the Colorado State Rams, where she was a three-time All-American and left as the program's all-time leader in points and assists. Despite being undrafted, she played 16 seasons in the WNBA, with the New York Liberty and the San Antonio Silver Stars. She was one of the league's premier ball-handlers and passers, earning six WNBA All-Star and four All-WNBA selections. A naturalized Russian citizen, Hammon played for the Russian national team, with whom she won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame for her playing career in 2023.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Becky Hammon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.