Uļjana Larionovna Semjonova is a retired Latvian basketball player of Russian descent who competed for the Soviet Union.
Janeth dos Santos Arcain is a retired Brazilian professional women's basketball player. She played in the United States for the Houston Comets in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 to 2005.
James Samuel Vincent is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
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.
Angola women's national basketball team is the basketball team which represents Angolan women internationally. In 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women They won their first Continental African title and they qualified for the first time to 2012 Summer Olympics. They have made their only appearance so far in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in 2014, where they finished last among 16 teams.
The Senegal women's national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Senegal at world and continental basketball competitions for women. It is administered by the Fédération Sénégalaise de Basket-Ball.
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.
Mali sent a delegation of 17 athletes in 4 sports to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Most notable Malian participants are the 12 members of the Mali women's national basketball team winners of the FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007 and Daba Modibo Keita, the 2007 World Taekwondo Champion. The remaining four athletes are Mohamed Coulibaly and Mariam Pauline Keita in Swimming and Ibrahima Maiga and Kadiatou Camara in Track and Field events.
This is a list of the players who are on the rosters of the given teams who are participating in the 2008 Beijing Olympics for Women's Basketball.
Naîgnouma Coulibaly is a Malian women's basketball player with Cavigal Nice Basket of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball and the Mali women's national basketball team. After winning the FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007, Coulibaly represented Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Elīna Dikaioulaku is a Latvian former basketball player.
Quanitra Hollingsworth is an American-Turkish professional basketball player for Galatasaray.
Danira Bilić is a retired Croatian basketball player. As part of the Yugoslavian women's team, she won a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She was European basketball's Most Valuable Player three times running, in 1988, 1989 and 1990. In 1991, she was awarded Croatia's highest national recognition for sports, the Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport.
Nassira Traoré is a Malian women's basketball player for US Colomiers. Traore competed for Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she did not score in 4 games. As part of the Malian national team, she participated in the 2017 Women's Basketball Africa Championship in Bamako. The national team finished 3rd, earning the bronze medal. Traoré was also part of the squad at the 2019 Women's Basketball Africa Championship in Dakar. The national team again finished in 3rd place, earning the bronze medal once again.
Fatoumata Bagayoko is a Malian women's basketball player. Bagayoko competed for Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she scored 21 in 5 games, including 8 points in the final loss to Spain. She was born in Bamako and plays for Djoliba AC women's basketball team.
Diana Leo Gandega is a French-Malian women's basketball player. Gandega competed for Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she scored 15 points in 5 games, including 8 points in the first match, a 4-point loss to New Zealand. Her younger sister Touty Gandega is also a basketball player.
Aminata Sininta is a Malian women's basketball player. Sininta represented Mali, and competed as part of the women's national basketball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. During the tournament, she scored a total of twenty-four points in five group play games, including thirteen against the United States in the third match.
Djénébou Sissoko is a Malian women's basketball player. Sissoko represented Mali, and competed as part of the women's national basketball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. During the tournament, she scored a total of twenty-four points and thirty-two rebounds, including thirteen against the Czech Republic, in five group play games.
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.
Ágnes Németh is a Hungarian basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
