Laëtitia Guapo

Laëtitia Guapo (born 25 October 1995) is a French basketball player who plays as a shooting guard.

Early life and career Born in Clermont-Ferrand to a footballer father of Spanish origin and a basketball player mother, Guapo followed her mother's path at the La Roche-Blanche club, in the Clermont-Ferrand metropolitan area. She joined the renowned Stade Clermontois club and the CREPS of Vichy, then the INSEP. With 4 wins and 12 losses, Charnay was in a good position to secure survival before the season was interrupted early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

For her first match in Tango colors, a 74 to 62 victory against Lyon, Guapo was the top scorer with 22 points and the best rebounder (6) of her team despite losing 5 balls. In 2020, she signed for six years with Tango Bourges.

In May 2021, Guapo was a member of the 3x3 French team that qualified for the Tokyo Olympic tournament, with Hortense Limouzin, Myriam Djekoundade and Marie-Ève Paget. France then lost the bronze medal match in the tournament. She was ranked the best player in the world for the year.

The following year in Antwerp, Guapo became world champion within the same team. Captaining the team, she was named best player of the competition. She also won the Alain Gilles Trophy for the best player in France.

While playing five-a-side basketball for Tango Bourges, Guapo was made available to the French federation for a year to prepare for the Olympic Games in 3x3 basketball. Indeed, she could not play it permanently, as the sport was not professionalized; in France at the beginning of the 2020s, it was only possible to make a living from five-a-side basketball.

Guapo participated in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Yann Julien's selection. Her partner, Franck Seguela, was a member of the French men's team in the same sport, and they organized training camps for young people together.

Player profile In addition to her aggressive attacking game, Guapo has exceptional physical endurance qualities for a basketball player, being able to run 10,000 meters in 35 minutes, which is an asset for three-player games.