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Following her 2024 Olympics heroics, here is All you need to know about WNBA star from France Gabby Williams.
The need to know more about Gabrielle Williams also known as Gabby Williams after her heroics at the Paris 2024 Olympics women's basketball event.
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Early beginnings for Gabby Williams
On September 9, 1996, in Sparks, Nevada, Gabby Williams was born in the United States.
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Gabby Williams' mother Therese granted her dual citizenship in France and America
Gabby Williams' maternal grandmother was born in Paris, although She was raised in Sparks, Nevada, and was born to a French mother and an American father.
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In an interview with the daily L'Équipe, she said that she has never been close to either her father or her paternal family. Nevertheless, Kayla is her elder sister; she was born in 1989.
Gabby Williams speaks French fluently because she spent a lot of time practicing with her grandma.
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Basketball and Gabby Williams
Gabby Williams tried her hand at professional sports and ended up playing collegiate basketball for the University of Connecticut's Connecticut Huskies.
She took part in the 2012 trials to be a member of the American high jump team at the London Games.
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She cleared 1.89 meters but only qualified as an alternate. She was hurt shortly after and sustained two ruptures in her right knee's cruciate ligament.
Her immune system rejected the initial surgery she had, necessitating a second one.
After this incident, she gave up on sports and focused all of her energy on basketball.
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She had previously made significant academic progress while attending Sparks' Edward C. Reed High School.
She led Reed to the Nevada State Championship as a sophomore, averaging 15 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists.
in the semifinals against Foothill, while also grabbing 10 rebounds, and 7 steals, she dropped 18 points.
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She was chosen the Most Valuable Player of the Year after her performance in the finals against Reno, where she finished with 24 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists.
She put up 30 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 7 blocks per game on average as a junior.
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Gabby Williams at UConn
She enrolled in the University of Connecticut's basketball program in 2014.
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The Connecticut Huskies, who she played for and won NCAA titles with in 2015 and 2016, recruited her, and she made four NCAA Final Four appearances.
She finished with 148 wins, 3 defeats, and one triple-double in four seasons.
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Gabby Williams as a professional basketball player
The Chicago Sky selected Gabby Williams fourth overall in the 2018 WNBA draft.
In her rookie season, she averaged 7.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.6 steals in 10 games. Williams played 22.6 minutes.
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She signed with Naples, an Italian team, following the season, however, she was unable to fit in and left to join Girona in 2019.
She averaged 12 points and 5 rebounds in the league and 14 points and 5.3 rebounds in 4 Eurocup games after signing a contract with Montpellier for the 2019–2020 season.
She traveled to Los Angeles over the winter break following her close friend Kobe Bryant's tragic helicopter crash.
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She signed with the Sopron Basket club in Hungary after the Covid-19 epidemic ended her season.
In addition to being selected for the competition's starting five, she was chosen as the best defender of the 13-team Euroleague.
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The Chicago Sky announced her departure from the team because she chose to compete for France in the Olympic tournament and the European Basketball Championship.
In 2022, Gabby Williams joined the Seattle Storm in the WNBA, marking her comeback to the league but she also signed with ASVEL Femmes marking her return to France.
Gabby Williams and France
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Gabby Williams, who attended a training camp with the US national team but did not play any matches, is qualified to play for the French national team because of her dual nationality.
She was called up by France team coach Valérie Garnier in April 2021 to get ready for the European Championship, going back on her first decision to not call her up.
She broke into the French team after taking advantage of Bria Hartley's retirement due to a major knee injury.
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She was one of the twelve players chosen to compete in the partially held European Championship in France.
FIBA declared at the European Championship that she would continue to compete as a naturalized player because the international body did not recognize her birthright citizenship.
She participated in every competitive game and finished the tournament with an average of 8.2 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists. Serbia defeated France in the championship match.
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Gabby Williams at the Olympics
She had been thinking about it for a while and was chosen to represent France in her first Olympic Games in Tokyo.
As France defeated Serbia 91-76, she took home the bronze medal providing her best game of the competition, with 17 points, 4 rebounds, and 8 assists.
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She led the French team that advanced to the final of the 2024 Olympics and lost by only one point (66–67) to the American team.
In addition to being awarded the competition's best defender, Gabby Williams put up 19 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists, and was included in the Olympic tournament's best five along with MVP Aja Wilson.
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