Touty Gandega

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Touty Gandega
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No. 8Angers Basket 49
Position Power forward
League LFB
Personal information
Born (1991-06-20) 20 June 1991 (age 33)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench/Malian
Listed height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Listed weight60 kg (132 lb)
Career information
WNBA draft 2013: undrafted
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
AfroBasket
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Mali
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Senegal

Touty Gandega (born 20 June 1991) is a French-Malian women's basketball player for Angers Basket 49. Touty is the Sister of Diana Gandega who also plays basketball. [1]

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References

  1. "Touty Gandega". BasketLFB.com (in French). Ligue Féminine de Basketball. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2011.