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Juliana Ojoshogu Negedu (born 31 July 1979 in Kaduna) is a Nigerian women's basketball player. A member of the Nigeria women's national basketball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Negedu scored 8 points in 5 games. [1]
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The Nigeria men's national basketball team represents Nigeria in international basketball, and it is governed by the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF).
The Nigeria women's national basketball team, also known as the D'Tigress, represents Nigeria in international women's basketball competition, and are regulated by the Nigeria Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Nigeria. Nigeria has one of the most successful women's national teams on the African continent, being the current African champions. They have won the Women's Afrobasket Championship four times in a row and six times in total. They won in 2017 at Bamako, Mali, 2019 at Dakar, Senegal, 2021 at Yaounde, Cameroon, and 2023 at Kigali, Rwanda.
Hana Horáková is a basketball player from the Czech Republic who plays for BK Brno. She was a member of the national team that won the European title in 2005 by defeating Russia in the final. Playing as a guard she also competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing in fifth place in 2004 and in seventh place at the other two Olympics.
Razija Mujanović is a Bosnian former women's basketball player. She was voted the best female European basketball player three times by the Italian sports magazine La Gazzetta dello Sport. She was elected to the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2017.
Mfon Sunday Udoka is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player who is an assistant coach for the Nigeria women's national basketball team, the D'Tigress. Born in Portland, Oregon, Udoka graduated from Benson Polytechnic High School (1994) in Portland before attending DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois from 1994 to 1998. She is the older sister of coach and former NBA player Ime Udoka.
Rebecca Christina Cotton is a basketball player for New Zealand. She competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics for the Tall Ferns New Zealand women's basketball team. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she was part of the silver medal winning Tall Ferns side.
Mactabene Amachree is a Nigerian former professional basketball player. In 2001, she became the first Nigerian to play in the WNBA. Amachree played on the Nigeria women's national basketball team in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She is also the princess of the Ojuka Clan of the Kalabari people in Nigeria.
Ugochukwu Henrietta Oha, known as Ugo Oha, is a Nigerian-American women's basketball player. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics with the Nigeria women's national basketball team and attended George Washington University. Oha attended Alief Hastings High School in Houston.
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Negedu is a Nigerian male given name and surname of the Igala tribe of the North-Central, Nigeria. It means "lion". The name Negedu is also linked to the Igbo people of the Southeast, Nigeria. Diminutive form is Nagedu
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Rosalyn Fatima Gold-Onwude is an American-Nigerian sports broadcaster. A native of New York City, Gold-Onwude played college basketball at Stanford and played on the Nigeria national team.
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Adaora Nnenna Elonu is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player and a member of the Nigeria women's national team. Elonu played college basketball for Texas A&M, with whom she won the 2011 NCAA Championship.
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Ezinne Kalu is a basketball player who plays as a point guard for Landerneau. Born in the United States, she represents Nigeria at international level. In the 2017, 2019 and 2021 Afrobasket events, she represented D'Tigress, Africa's highest-ranked side and won three straight championship for them. She was named 2019 Women's Afrobasket Most Valuable Player (MVP).
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