Robert Thomson (basketball)

Robert Thomson (born January 28, 1982[1]) is a Rwandan-American former basketball player currently playing for CS Gaz Metan Mediaş of the Romanian Basketball League.[1] He is a member of the Rwanda men's national basketball team.

Robert Thomson
Personal information
Born (1982-01-28) January 28, 1982
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityRwandan / American
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight110 kg (243 lb)
Career information
High schoolSaucon Valley High School
(Hellertown, Pennsylvania)
CollegeFairfield (2000–2004)
NBA draft2004: undrafted
Playing career2004–2012
PositionCenter
Career history
2004–2005Debreceni Vadkakasok
2005–2006Makedonikos
2007–2009Gaz Metan Mediaș
2009Élan Béarnais
2010Champville SC
2010–2011U Cluj-Napoca
2011–2012Cercle Sportif Kigali

Born in Pennsylvania, Thomson graduated from Saucon Valley High School in Hellertown, Pennsylvania. He played college basketball at Fairfield University.[2]

Thomson moved to Rwanda in 2006 after graduating from Fairfield and playing two years of professional basketball in Hungary and Italy.[3] Thomson later received a Rwandan passport and was a member of the Rwanda team that finished ninth at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship and the 2007 that qualified for the first African championship in Rwandan history. Thomson led all players in rebounds and minutes per game at the 2009 tournament.[4]

Awards and accomplishments

Club
U Cluj-Napoca

References
  1. Eurobasket: Robert Thomson
  2. "Fairfield University Athletics". Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  3. U.S. basketball player finds new experience on road to Rwanda
  4. FIBA Africa Championship Individual Leaders
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