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Claudia Brassard-Riebesehl
Canadian basketball player (born 1975) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Claudia Melati Brassard-Riebesehl (born 3 March 1975) is a Canadian basketball coach and former player. She played for the Townsville Fire of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and later served as assistant and head coach of the team. She competed for the Canada women's national basketball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Early life
Brassard was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[1] Her hometown was Saint-Hilarion, Quebec.[2]
College career
Brassard played college basketball in the United States for the SMU Mustangs between 1995 and 1999.[3]
Professional career
Brassard's first professional season in 1999–2000 was spent with ABC Limoges of the French Ligue Féminine de Basketball.[4]
Brassard moved to Australia in 2002 to play for the Townsville Fire of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).[5] She played five seasons for the Fire, including captaining the team in 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2006–07.[6]
In 2017, Brassard came out of retirement to help the Townsville Flames in the Queensland Basketball League (QBL).[7]
National team career
Brassard competed for the Canada women's national basketball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2006 FIBA World Championship.[8]
Coaching career
Brassard served as the Townsville Fire's senior assistant between 2013 and 2016 before being appointed head coach for the 2016–17 WNBL season, where she led the Fire to the semi-finals. In the 2017–18 season, she guided the Fire to a 2–1 grand final series victory over the Melbourne Boomers to win the WNBL championship. She stepped down as head coach following the 2018–19 season.[5]
In 2018, Brassard joined the Townsville Heat men's team as assistant coach for the QBL finals.[9]
In 2018, Brassard served as assistant coach of the Australian Gems at the FIBA Under-18 Women's Asian Championship.[10] She continued as assistant with the Gems at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup.[11]
Brassard coached the Townsville Flames in a handful of games during the 2024 NBL1 North season when head coach James Rapinett was unavailable. She was subsequently appointed head coach of the Flames for the 2025 season.[12]
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Personal life
Brassard holds Canadian, German, Malaysian and Australian nationality.[8]
Brassard's husband, Mike St-Maurice, was coach of the Townsville Flames of the QBL in 2017.[7]
In 2024, Brassard was appointed deputy chair of Basketball Queensland.[13]
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