Leonie Fiebich

Leonie Fiebich (born 10 January 2000) is a German professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks in the second round of the 2020 WNBA draft and has played for the German national basketball team.

Early life Fiebich grew up in Landsberg, Germany, where she attended Johann-Winklhofer secondary school. In 2014, she debuted for the DJK Landsberg women's team at the age of 14. She played at the center position.

Fiebich joined Wasserburg for the 2018–19 season. She was named best Bundesliga newcomer of the 2018–19 season after she averaged 10.3 points, 8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. She played just one game in the 2019–20 season after she tore her cruciate ligament at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup. She returned to Wasserburg for the 2020–21 season. She was a two-time Spanish League MVP with Zaragoza, leading her team to a Spanish Cup title in 2023 and also earned All-EuroLeague First Team in 2024. She was Zaragoza's leading scorer during the 2023–24 EuroLeague season with 12.4 points per game.

On 19 December 2024, Fiebich signed with Valencia Basket until the end of the 2025–26 season. She debuted for Valencia on 4 January 2025 scoring 12 points in game two of the finals series against Zaragoza. In 22 games to finish the 2024–25 season, she averaged 9.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.0 steals per game. In May 2021, her player rights were traded to the Chicago Sky. In February 2023, her player rights were acquired by the New York Liberty in a four-team trade.

In February 2024, Fiebich signed a rookie scale contract with the Liberty. She was named to the Liberty's starting lineup for the 2024 WNBA playoffs and broke the record for the most points scored by a Liberty player in their play-off debut with 21. For the season, she was named to the WNBA All Rookie Team. She helped the Liberty win the WNBA championship with a 3–2 Finals victory over the Minnesota Lynx. Fiebich had 13 points and seven rebounds in the game five 67–62 overtime win.

In June 2026, Fiebich won the Commissioner's Cup with the New York Liberty.

National team career Junior teams Fiebich won the silver medal with the German national under-16 basketball team at the 2016 FIBA Under16 European Championship where she averaged 11.9 points, 11.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. She also participated at the 2018 FIBA Under18 European Championship where she won the gold medal and averaged 11.7 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game and was selected to the "team of the tournament. She also participated at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup where she averaged 7 points, 9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.

Senior team In October 2018, Fiebich made her debut with the German national basketball team. She played for Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Personal life Fiebich's father, Matthias Fiebich, was deputy chairman of DJK Landsberg in 2014. Her brother Jonas was also an active basketball player in 2014.