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Céline Dumerc
	Dumerc in 2014
No. 9 – Basket Landes
Position	Point guard
League	LFB
Personal information
Born	July 9, 1982 (age 41); Tarbes, France
Nationality	French
Listed height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Listed weight	136 lb (62 kg)
Career history
1997–2000	CFBB
2000–2003	Tarbes GB
2003–2009	Bourges
2009–2011	UMMC
2011–2016	Bourges
2014	Atlanta Dream
2016–present	Basket Landes
Career highlights and awards
	FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year (2012); French Player of the Year (2017);
Representing France
Summer Olympics
EuroBasket Women

Céline Dumerc (born 9 July 1982) is a French professional basketball player.^[1] She was named the FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year in 2012, and the French Player of the Year in 2017.

National team career

Dumerc is the captain of the senior women's French national team.^[2] She was France's leading scorer at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, where she won the silver medal.^[3]

2× French Women's League Best Young Player: (2001, 2002)
French Women's Federation Cup Best Player: (2007)
2× French Women's League Best French Player: (2008, 2014)
3× EuroBasket Women All-Tournament Team: ( 2009, 2013, 2015)
FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year: (2012)
La Gazzetta dello Sport's European Female Player of the Year: (2012)^[4]
French National Order of Merit: (2012)
Radio France's French Sportsman of the Year (2012)
Robert Busnel Medal (highest distinction of the French Basketball Federation): (2013)
French Player of the Year: (2017)
French Women's League Best Five Players 1998-2018: (2018)

She is openly lesbian and was among the six French LGBT athletes featured in the documentary We Need to Talk.^[5]

^ Atlanta Dream Roster
^ Profile in FIBA Europe.com
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Céline Dumerc". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
^ Atlanta Dream signs French star Céline Dumerc.
^ Buzinski, Jim (2021-06-21). "6 French athletes, including 3 Olympians, come out for Pride". Outsports. Retrieved 2021-07-29.