Rashidat Sadiq

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Rashidat Odun Sadiq (born 3 January 1981 in Ibadan) is a Nigerian women's basketball player. [1] She played in the United States with the University of Connecticut Huskies and Oklahoma State Cowgirls. She also played with the Nigeria women's national basketball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Commonwealth Games. [2]

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Sadiq is a male name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Ja'far al-Sadiq, the 8th-century Muslim scholar and scientist, considered as an Imam and founder of the Ja'fari school of jurisprudence by Twelver and Isma'ili Shi’as, and a major figure in the Hanafi and Maliki schools of Sunni jurisprudence, known at times simply as Sadiq.

References

  1. Rashidat Sadiq at WNBA.com
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rashidat Sadiq". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.