Denise Curry

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Basketball player
Denise Curry
Information about the player
Full name Denise Curry
birthday August 22, 1959
place of birth Fort Benton , Montana , USA
size 185 cm
position center
college UCLA
1 As of April 21, 2012

Denise Curry (born August 22, 1959 in Fort Benton , Montana ) is a former American basketball player. As a player on the position of the center , Curry was active for the UCLA Bruins of the University of California and was there at the time of her retirement from active sport, the record holder in points and rebounds . In international championships, Curry won several gold medals with the US national team, including at the 1984 Olympic Games . For her career achievement, she was inducted into the 1997 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .

Career

college

Curry attended the University of California and achieved 3,198 points and 1,310 rebounds in her career with the UCLA Bruins .

Professional player

Curry played in various European basketball leagues between 1982 and 1990, including France, Germany and Italy. She won five national championships with their respective teams in those eight years and was voted Player of the Decade in France.

National team

From 1977 to 1984 Curry was part of the US women's national basketball team. With the selection, she won gold medals at the 1979 World Championships, the 1983 Pan American Games and the 1984 Olympic Games.

Awards

As a college player, Curry was honored three times as an All-American . In addition to her appointment to the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame, she was also appointed to the first class of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

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