Aïda Ba

Aïda Ba (27 June 1983 – 3 October 2022) was a French rugby union player who played at third line [fr].

Aïda Ba

Born	(1983-06-27)27 June 1983
Died	3 October 2022(2022-10-03) (aged 39)
Rugby union career
Position Third line [fr] Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003–2006 AC Bobigny 93 [fr] ? (?) 2006–2007 Lons Section paloise [fr] ? (?) 2007–? AC Bobigny 93 ? (?) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2007-2012 France 17 (?)

Biography

Ba discovered rugby in 2001 and formed the team AC Bobigny 93 [fr] while at Sorbonne Paris North University, becoming its first captain.^[1] She signed with Lons Section paloise [fr] in 2006, but missed the season while sidelined with a knee ligament injury, for which she was compensated by her investments in Béarn Rugby Cité.^[2] She played for the French national team in the 2007 Women's Six Nations Championship.

Aïda Ba died of breast cancer on 3 October 2022, at the age of 39.^[3]