Aisha Mohammed

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Aisha Mohammed
No. 9Bursas BSB
Position Forward
League TKBL
Personal information
Born (1985-10-21) 21 October 1985 (age 38)
Lagos, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Listed height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight80 kg (176 lb)
Career information
College Virginia (2009)
WNBA draft 2009: undrafted
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
AfroBasket
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Mozambique
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Nigeria
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Mali
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Senegal

Aisha Mohammed (born 21 October 1985) is a Nigerian basketball player for Bursas BSB and the Nigerian national team. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Aisha was born in Ikeja, Lagos cantonment, to a northern father. [3] Her mother was from Edo state. She grew up in the military barracks. She left with her family at eight years when her father was transferred to Keffi. They moved again to Birnin Kebbi and then to Port Harcourt. Her dad was an Imam. Aisha stands tall at 193cm / 6'4". [4]

Career

Aisha is a member of the 'Elephant Girls' Basketball Team. [5] The team won over the FAP side 69-66 in the semi-finals which earned them a place at the Maxaquene Stadium. [6] She scored 23 points and got the seven rebounds that enabled the 'Elephant Girls' to win the game.

Aisha played at the FIBA Women's World Cup in Brasil 2006 and Spain 2019; she helped them qualify to the Quarter-Finals. That was the first time an African side qualified to the quarter-final FIBA Women's World Cup in history. Aisha helped the Nigeria women's national basketball team to the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the Olympics Athen 2004, she was the third-best scorer and rebounder in the team with double double; however, Nigeria finished 11th out of 12 teams. They became the first African team ever to win a game at the Olympics. And also she Participated in Tokyo 2020 Olympics in July 2021. Aisha played at the First Bank side. [7] [8] In 2019 after the FIBA Women’s Afrobasket, Aisha announced that she would not play at the biennial championship again. [9] She stopped playing basketball after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as she said she needed to raise a family where her children will take over with playing basketball.

Achievements

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References

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