Céline Dumerc

Céline Dumerc (born 9 July 1982) is a French former professional basketball player.^[1] She was named the FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year in 2012, and the French player of the year in 2017.

Céline Dumerc

Dumerc in 2014
Personal information
Born	(1982-07-09) July 9, 1982 (age 42) Tarbes, France
Listed height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Listed weight	136 lb (62 kg)
Position	Point guard
Number	9
Career history
1997–2000	CFBB
2000–2003	Tarbes GB
2003–2009	Bourges
2009–2011	UMMC
2011–2016	Bourges
2014	Atlanta Dream
2016–2023	Basket Landes
Career highlights
FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year (2012) French player of the year (2017)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Representing  France Summer Olympics 2012 London EuroBasket Women 2009 Latvia 2013 France 2015 Hungary/Romania 2017 Czech Republic 2011 Poland

National team career

Dumerc was the captain of the senior women's French national team.^[2] She was France's leading scorer at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, where she won the silver medal.^[3]

Awards and accomplishments

Pro clubs

• 5× French Women's Cup Winner: (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014)
• 3× French Women's Federation Cup Winner: (2006, 2007, 2008)
• 7× French Women's League Champion: (2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2021)
• Russian Women's Cup Winner: (2010)
• 2× Russian Women's League Champion: (2010, 2011)
• 2× French Women's SuperCup Winner: (2014, 2015)
• EuroCup Women Champion: (2016)

French women's national team

• 2009 EuroBasket Women:  Gold
• 2011 EuroBasket Women:  Bronze
• 2012 London Summer Olympics:  Silver
• 2013 EuroBasket Women:  Silver
• 2015 EuroBasket Women:  Silver
• 2017 EuroBasket Women:  Silver

Individual

• 2× French Women's League Best Young Player: (2001, 2002)
• French Women's Federation Cup Best Player: (2007)
• 2× French Women's League Best French Player: (2008, 2014)
• 3× EuroBasket Women All-Tournament Team: (2009, 2013, 2015)
• FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year: (2012)
• La Gazzetta dello Sport's European Female Player of the Year: (2012)^[4]
• French National Order of Merit: (2012)
• Radio France's French Sportsman of the Year (2012)
• Robert Busnel Medal (highest distinction of the French Basketball Federation): (2013)
• French player of the year: (2017)
• French Women's League Best Five Players 1998-2018: (2018)

Personal life

She is openly lesbian and was among the six French LGBT athletes featured in the documentary We Need to Talk.^[5]