Chamique Holdsclaw

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Basketball player
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Information about the player
Full name Chamique Shaunta Holdsclaw
birthday August 9, 1977
place of birth Queensbridge , New York ,
( New York ), United States
United StatesUnited States 
size 188 cm
position Small forward
college University of Tennessee
WNBA Draft 1999 , 1st Pick, Washington Mystics
Clubs as active
2004-2005 SpainSpain Ros Casares Valencia
2007-2008 PolandPoland Lotos Gdynia
2008-2009 PolandPoland Wisła Krakow
2009-2010 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus KV Imperial AEL Limassol
WNBA clubs as active
1999-2004 United StatesUnited States Washington Mystics
2005-2007 United StatesUnited States Los Angeles Sparks
2009 United StatesUnited States Atlanta Dream
2010 United StatesUnited States San Antonio Silver Stars
1 As of March 22, 2016

Chamique Shaunta Holdsclaw (born August 9, 1977 in Queensbridge , New York , New York ) is an American basketball player .

Chamique Holdsclaw was on the US team that won gold at the 2000 Olympics .

The 1.88 m tall and 78 kg player was drafted as the first player in 1999 and played from 1999 to 2004 for the Washington Mystics and from 2005 to 2007 for the Los Angeles Sparks . After her career ended, she returned to the WNBA for two seasons with the Atlanta Dream and the San Antonio Silverstars .

She was honored for her achievements in the WNBA 2006 in the election of the WNBA All-Decade Team . Although she was not one of the ten players directly elected to the team, she was honored with the addition of an “Honorable Mention” along with four other players. She also received the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award in 1999.

For several years she was also active for clubs in Europe.

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