Aisha Mohammed

Aisha Mohammed (born 21 October 1985) is a Nigerian basketball player for Bursas BSB and the Nigerian national team.[1][2]

This article is about the Nigerian basketballer. For the Ethiopian politician, see Aisha Mohammed Mussa.

Aisha Mohammed
No. 9 – Bursas BSB
PositionForward
LeagueTKBL
Personal information
Born (1985-10-21) 21 October 1985
Lagos, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Listed height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight80 kg (176 lb)
Career information
CollegeVirginia (2009)
WNBA draft2009: undrafted
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Nigeria
AfroBasket
Gold medal – first place2003 Mozambique
Gold medal – first place2005 Nigeria
Gold medal – first place2017 Mali
Gold medal – first place2019 Senegal

Early life and education

Aisha was born in Ikeja, Lagos cantonment, to a northern father.[3] Her mother was from Edo state. She grew up in the military barracks. She left with her family at eight years when her father was transferred to Keffi. They moved again to Birnin Kebbi and then to Port Harcourt. Her dad was an Imam. Aisha stands tall at 193cm / 6'4".[4]

Career

Aisha is a member of the 'Elephant Girls' Basketball Team.[5] The team won over the FAP side 69-66 in the semi-finals which earned them a place at the Maxaquene Stadium.[6] She scored 23 points and got the seven rebounds that enabled the 'Elephant Girls' to win the game.

Aisha played at the FIBA Women's World Cup in Brasil 2006 and Spain 2019; she helped them qualify to the Quarter-Finals. That was the first time an African side qualified to the quarter-final FIBA Women's World Cup in history. Aisha helped the Nigeria women's national basketball team to the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the Olympics Athen 2004, she was the third-best scorer and rebounder in the team with double double; however, Nigeria finished 11th out of 12 teams. They became the first African team ever to win a game at the Olympics. And also she Participated in Tokyo 2020 Olympics in July 2021. Aisha played at the First Bank side.[7][8] In 2019 after the FIBA Women’s Afrobasket, Aisha announced that she would not play at the biennial championship again.[9] She stopped playing basketball after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as she said she needed to raise a family where her children will take over with playing basketball.

Achievements
  • FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2017 [10]
  • four titles winner with the African Champions: 2003, 2005, 2017 and 2019

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aisha Mohammed". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. Afrobasket.com profile
  3. "Aisha Mohammed: This is my last Afrobasket Women". ACLSports. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  4. "Aisha MOHAMMED at the FIBA Women's Afrobasket 2017". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  5. TODAY (26 November 2018). "Aisha Mohammed, Ginette Mfutila named in FIBA ACCW All Star Team". TODAY. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  6. "Mohammed comes up big as First Bank avoid FAP scare to reach Semi-Finals". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  7. women's champions cup/2018/news/five-plays-that-rocked-fiba-africa-womens-champions-cup-group-phase "Five plays that rocked FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup Group Phase". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 28 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  8. Ogunseye, Adebanjo (23 November 2018). "Semi-Final Booked! Aisha Mohammed Powers Elephant Girls to Victory". Latest Sports News In Nigeria. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  9. "Aisha Mohammed: This is my last Afrobasket Women". ACLSports. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  10. "Mohammed comes up big as First Bank avoid FAP scare to reach Semi-Finals". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  11. "Aisha Mohammed: This is my last Afrobasket Women". ACLSports. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  12. DailyNigerian (26 August 2017). "D'Tigress stop Cote d'Ivoire, hit semifinals". Daily Nigerian. Retrieved 28 June 2022.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.