Marlies Askamp

Marlies Askamp
Information about the player
birthday	7th August 1970
place of birth	Dorsten , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
size	196 cm
position	center
Clubs as active
0000-1989	BG Dorsten
1989-1993	MTV Wolfenbüttel
1994-2001	BTV Wuppertal
2002-2007	NB Oberhausen
WNBA clubs as active
1997-1999	Phoenix Mercury
2000-2002	Miami Sol
2002	Los Angeles Sparks
1 As of September 1, 2009

Marlies Askamp (born August 7, 1970 in Dorsten , North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a former national basketball player . She is 1.96 meters tall and played at the position Center . She is one of the original players of the US Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

She played basketball and athletics until she was 16 . Only then did she focus exclusively on playing basketball. She describes winning the European League in 1996 and the bronze medal at the European Basketball Championship in 1997 as the most important moments in her life, because it was the result of much hard work.

Askamp has a sister and two brothers. She speaks German, English and French.

Player career

Marlies Askamp started playing basketball at Eintracht Erle .

In Germany she also played for BG Dorsten , Bremerhaven (OSC), MTV Wolfenbüttel from 1989 to 1993, BTV Wuppertal from 1994 to 2001 and until the end of her career with NB Oberhausen . She won the German championship six times (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2001). In 1996 she won the European league title with Wuppertal and was voted German player of the year.

In the summer months, Askamp moved to the WNBA, which was newly founded in 1996. From 1997 to 1999 she played for the Phoenix Mercury , with whom she was able to move into the finals of the WNBA in 1998 .

On November 27, 1999, she was sent to the Minnesota Lynx in a six-player swap , but she was sent to the Miami Sol on April 14, 2000 in exchange for three draft picks (10th, 24th and 56th place in the WNBA draft 2000) came on. She played for Miami until 2002, when the Sol gave her on June 18 for a first round draft pick to the Los Angeles Sparks . She finished the 2002 season and her WNBA career with the Sparks, who also won the WNBA title that season.

• She achieved her career best in the WNBA of 23 points in the 80:66 victory at Utah Starzz on July 12, 1999.
• In a total of 172 games in the WNBA, she averaged 6.0 points and 4.8 rebounds . In addition, she played ten playoff games.

Askamp also played repeatedly for top clubs from other European countries.

In addition, Marlies Askamp was an important player in the German women's national team . She made her debut on April 14, 1990 against the Netherlands and had her last international match on September 11, 2005 against Romania. Askamp played 190 games in Germany's jersey and scored 2330 points, which means an average of over 12 points / game.

The greatest success in a total of four European Championship participations was winning the bronze medal at the 1997 European Basketball Championship , where she was elected MVP (most valuable player of the tournament), as well as participating in the 1998 World Cup in Germany.

In 2005 she was named the best player of the year in the Bundesliga . In the 2006/07 season she paused for months due to pregnancy and ended her basketball career after the season.

Askamp remained connected to her last club, won the German championship of the over 35 teams with NB Oberhausen several times , was reactivated at short notice for the first team at the beginning of 2018 and took part in a competitive game for the first time on February 17, 2018 against Velberter SG.

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1. ↑ Statistics on mahr.sb-vision.de
2. ↑ In the end, keep your nerve. Important home win for NBO against Velbert in the regional league. NRZ Oberhausen from February 20, 2018.

Web links

• WNBA player profile
• Statistics about the player on basketball-reference.com (engl.)
• FIBA overview of participation in international tournaments
• FIBA Europe overview of participation in European tournaments