Aissata Maiga

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Aissata Maiga
No. 5AS Police
Position Point guard
League SD1
Personal information
Born (1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 (age 31)
Bamako, Mali
NationalityMalian
Listed height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Listed weight63 kg (139 lb)
Career information
College Troy (2013–17)
WNBA draft 2017: undrafted
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
African Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Morocco 3x3
AfroBasket
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Mali
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Senegal

Aissata Maiga (born 21 March 1992) is a Malian basketball player for AS Police and the Malian national team. [1]

With the Mali women's basketball team, she was a finalist in the 2009 African Championship, 15th in the 2010 World Championship, third in the 2011 African Championship, fifth in the 2013 African Championship and the 2015 African Championship. She won the 2015 All-African Games. [2]

She participated at the 2017 Women's Afrobasket. [3]

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References

  1. FIBA profile
  2. "Aïssata Boubacar Maïga/E.N féminine senior de basket-ball : « Nous devons redoubler d'efforts si nous voulons soulever encore un autre trophée continental »". afribone.com. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. 2017 Women's Afrobasket profile