Laure Savasta
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Full name | Laure Savasta |
Born | Marseille, France | March 18, 1974
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Weight | 134 lb (61 kg) |
Laure Savasta (born March 18, 1974 in Marseille) is a French professional basketball player. She plays both point guard and shooting guard. She was, with Isabelle Fijalkowski, amongst the first French players to ever play in the WNBA; indeed, she played for the Sacramento Monarchs and was a member of the French national team for a long time. She became the only female basketball coach for a professional basketball team.
Life[]
She was the captain and one of the key players of Tarbes GB, taking part to the French championship and European competitions. Now retired, she started a career of basketball coach and TV commentator, on Sport+, for women’s basketball games.
She became the only female basketball coach for a professional basketball team in France when she was given the position at Tarbes Gespe Bigorre.[1]
Career[]
Seasons | Team | Country |
1990–1993 | France | |
1993–1994 | France | |
1994–1997 | Washington Huskies (Seattle, NCAA) | United States |
1997 | Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA) | United States |
1997–1998 | France | |
1998–2000 | US Valenciennes | France |
2000–2008 | Tarbes GB | France |
Highlights[]
French national team[]
- Champion of Eurobasket Women in 2001
- 5th at the 2000 Summer Olympics of Sydney
Club[]
- Runner-up of the European Cup Liliana Ronchetti in 1998 with and 2002 with Tarbes;
- Runner-up of the French championship in 1999 and 2000 with Valenciennes, in 2003 with Tarbes;
- Runner up of the in 1998.
References[]
- ^ "BASKET-BALL / DRÔME. N1M : Laure Savasta, une femme au chevet des hommes". www.ledauphine.com (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-29.
External links[]
- (in French and English) Official website
- (in French) Her player profile on TGBÉLITE.com
- 1974 births
- Living people
- French women's basketball players
- French expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic basketball players of France
- Sportspeople from Marseille
- Sacramento Monarchs players
- Tarbes Gespe Bigorre players
- Washington Huskies women's basketball players
- Point guards
- French basketball biography stubs