Edwige Lawson-Wade
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| Born | 14 May 1979 Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2005–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005 | New York Liberty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Houston Comets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Seattle Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | San Antonio Silver Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edwige Lawson (born 14 May 1979), also Edwige Lawson-Wade, is a French former professional women's basketball player.
A point guard, Lawson started her professional career at the age of 17. She has played in Bordeaux, Aix-en-Provence, and Valenciennes in France. She has also played in the WNBA for the San Antonio Silver Stars, New York Liberty, the Houston Comets and the Seattle Storm, and also for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Superleague. Lawson was also the starting point guard for the France national women's basketball team, with whom she won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Her resume includes three French championships, two Russian championships and three Euroleague titles (two with Valenciennes and one with CSKA Samara) and one European Championship with France. Edwige was the three-point competition champion at the 2008 FIBA Europe All-Star game. She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.
Lawson is married to professional basketball coach James Wade. They have a son, James "Jet" Wade III. She is of Beninese descent through her father.[1]
Career
[edit]Europe
[edit]- 1994–1995:
CJM Bourges Basket - 1995–1997: Waïti Bordeaux
- 1997–2001: ASPTT Aix-en-Provence
- 2001–2004: US Valenciennes Olympic
- 2004–2007:
VBM-SGAU Samara - 2007–2009: CSKA Moscow
- 2009–2010: WBC Spartak Moscow Region
- 2010–2011:
Ros Casares - 2011–2013: Basket Lattes MA
References
[edit]- ^ "Lawson-Wade, star épanouie". www.midilibre.fr.
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- 1979 births
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- Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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- French expatriate basketball people in Russia
- French expatriate basketball people in Spain
- French expatriate basketball people in the United States
- French sportspeople of Beninese descent
- French women's basketball players
- Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- New York Liberty players
- Olympic basketball players for France
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Olympic silver medalists for France
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- Sportspeople from Rennes
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