Evelyn Mawuli
![]() Mawuli in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | JBL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan | 2 June 1995||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 174 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2017: undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Aisin AW Wings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | Toyota Antelopes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Evelyn Mawuli (馬瓜 エブリン; born 2 June 1995) is a Japanese professional basketball player. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.[1][2] Evelyn was born to Ghanaian parents in Toyohashi, Aichi. At the age of 14, she naturalized along with her entire family to become a Japanese citizen, in order to represent Japan in international tournaments.
Career
[edit]WJBL
[edit]Mawuli played for the Aisin AW Wings, a team based in Anjō, since the 2014–15 season where she made her professional debut. In 2017, Mawuli signed with the Nagoya-based, Toyota Antelopes for the 2017–18 season.[3]
National team
[edit]Youth level
[edit]Mawuli made her international debut at the 2009 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship in India where Japan took home the silver medal. She was again named to the Under-16 team, for the 2011 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship, where Japan won Gold. Mawuli was named to the team for the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Japan finished the tournament in fourth place and Mawuli was named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]
Senior level
[edit]Mawuli made her debut with the senior national team, at the 2014 Asian Games where Japan placed in third, taking home the bronze. Mawuli was then named to the roster for the 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup in Bangalore, India.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Evelyn MAWULI at the Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
- ^ "Basketball MAWULI Evelyn". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
- ^ "馬瓜 エブリン まうり えぶりん トヨタ自動車 アンテロープス". WJBL (in Japanese).
- ^ "FIBA U17W – MVP DeShields heads All-Tournament Team". fiba.com.
- ^ "Japan – FIBA Women's Asia Cup Division A 2017 – FIBA.basketball". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2017.
External links
[edit]- 1995 births
- Living people
- Naturalized citizens of Japan
- Japanese women's basketball players
- Japanese people of Ghanaian descent
- Sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
- Small forwards
- Asian Games medalists in basketball
- Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- People from Toyohashi
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic basketball players for Japan
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Aisin Wings players
- Toyota Antelopes players
- Basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics