Promise Amukamara facts for kids
| No. 10 – Charnay BB | |||||||||||
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| Point guard | |||||||||||
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| Born | 22 June 1993 New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Nationality | American / Nigerian | ||||||||||
| High school | Apollo (Glendale, Arizona) | ||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.75 m (5 ft 8.90 in) | ||||||||||
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| College | Arizona State (2011–2015) | ||||||||||
| NBA Draft | 2015 / Round: 3 / Pick: 36th overall | ||||||||||
| Selected by the Phoenix Mercury | |||||||||||
| League | LFB | ||||||||||
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Promise Amukamara was born on June 22, 1993. She is a talented basketball player. Promise plays as a point guard for the Charnay BB team in the Ligue Féminine de Basketball in France. Even though she was born in the United States, she plays for the Nigerian national team in international games.
About Promise Amukamara
Promise is 5 feet, 9 inches tall (that's about 175 centimeters). She went to Arizona State University and graduated from there. Promise also has a famous older brother. He is Prince Amukamara, a former New York Giants football player. Prince won the Super Bowl XLVI as a cornerback.
Promise's Basketball Journey
Promise is a key player for Nigeria’s national female basketball team. She was the point guard for the team at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Those games actually happened in 2021 because of a delay. She also played in the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. In 2024, Promise was part of the Nigerian team that reached the Olympic quarterfinals. They played against the United States team.
Amazing Achievements
Promise has achieved many great things in her basketball career:
- She scored 10 points per game at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
- Promise was the first female basketball player from Arizona State University to make an Olympic team.
- She was a member of the team that won the Gold Medal at the 2019 FIBA African Championship. This win helped them get into the Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
- In 2011, she was named Arizona’s Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year.
- She also held records for the fastest 100 meters and 200 meters as a freshman in high school.
External Links
- Promise Amukamara at FIBALua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Arizona State Sun Devils bio
- Promise Amukamara at OlympediaLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Promise Amukamara at Olympics.com (archived: OlympicChannel.com and Olympic.org)Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
