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Tina Alexandria Charles is an American basketball player who competes as a center. She holds United States citizenship and was born in Jamaica, specifically in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, on December 5, 1988. Her native language is English. Charles plays in the Women's National Basketball Association and wears the number 31. She was drafted by the Connecticut Sun, with whom she has also played. Her professional career began in 2010.
Throughout her career, Charles has been a member of several sports teams, including Galatasaray SK, TS Wisła Can-Pack Kraków, and Fenerbahçe S.K. She has represented the United States in international competitions, participating in the 2010 and 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, the 2009 Summer Universiade, and the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. She attended the University of Connecticut.
Her accolades include the John R. Wooden Award, the WNBA Most Valuable Player Award, the USBWA National Freshman of the Year, and selection to the WNBA All-Rookie Team.
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Film & TV
Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Known for
- The Dynasty: UConn Huskies — Self2026
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930-09-23
- Active to
- 2004-06-10
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 191,372
- Total plays
- 1,054,599
Tags
Tina Charles (born Tina Hoskins on March 10, 1954, in Whitechapel, London, England) is an English singer, who achieved success as a disco artist in the late 1970s. Charles began her career as a backing vocalist and session artist, and recorded her first solo single in 1969 with a then-unknown Elton John singing backing vocals. In 1971 she made a record called "Joe" (about a little puppy). She provided the lead vocals for 5000 Volts' 1975 disco hit "I'm On Fire". <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- Connecticut Sun
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tina
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jamaica
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Educated at
- University of Connecticut
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- New York Liberty
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 90
- Image
- Tina Charles UConn.jpg
- Height
- 193
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- Commons category
- Tina Charles
- date of birth
- 1988-12-05
- drafted by
- Connecticut Sun
- sport number
- 31
- birth name
- Tina Alexandria Charles
- start of work period
- 2010-00-00
- different from
- Tina Charles
- name in native language
- Tina Charles
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