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Limor Mizrachi

b. 1970

Israeli basketball player (born 1970)

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Born 1970. Limor Mizrachi is an Israeli basketball player.

Limor Mizrachi (; born June 24, 1970) is an Israeli former professional basketball player and a former member of the Israeli women's national basketball team. During her career, she won a total of seven national championships in Croatia, Iceland, Israel and Poland.

College Mizrachi played for Maryland during the 1991–92 season. She started all 30 games for the Terrapins and helped them reach the National Collegiate Athletic Association East Regional final. She left the school and returned to Israel after her mother was diagnosed with cancer.

In 1998, Mizrachi became the first Israeli to play professional basketball in the United States when she played for New England Blizzard in the American Basketball League until it folded on December 22, 1998.

In January 1999, Mizrachi joined KR of the Icelandic top-tier 1. deild kvenna. On February 6, she helped KR win the Icelandic Basketball Cup after beating ÍS in the cup finals. Prior to her arrival, KR had won its first twelve league games. They finished the season with a perfect 20–0 record and swept through the playoffs, winning all five games and claiming the 1999 national championship. After the season she was named the Foreign Player of the Year.

In 2003, she won the Israeli championship and the Israeli Basketball Cup with A.S. Ramat-Hasharon. For the season she averaged 14.4 points and league leading 6.5 assists per game.

In 2004, Mizrachi won the Polish championship as a member of Lotos Gdynia.

In 2006, she won the Croatian championship as a member of ŽKK Gospić.

Israeli national basketball team Mizrachi played for the Israeli national basketball team from 1988 to 2004, helping them to the European Women Basketball Championship in 1991 and 2003.

Awards, titles and accomplishments Individual awards

Iceland Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year: 1999

Titles Croatia Croatian league champion: 2006

Iceland Icelandic league champion: 1999 Icelandic Basketball Cup: 1999

Israel Israeli league champion (4): 2003 Israeli Basketball Cup (4):

Israel Polish league champion: 2004

Accomplishments Israel Ligat ha'Al assists leader : 2003, 2005

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Birth century
Occupation
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Awards
Basket Liga Kobiet; Croatian Women's Basketball League; Icelandic Women's Basketball Cup; Israeli Female Basketball Premier League; Úrvalsdeild Women's Foreign Player of the Year; Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Limor Mizrachi's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Limor Mizrachi?

Israeli basketball player (born 1970)

When was Limor Mizrachi born?

Limor Mizrachi was born on 24 June 1970 in Tel Aviv.

What is Limor Mizrachi's occupation?

Limor Mizrachi is a basketball player.

What nationality is Limor Mizrachi?

Limor Mizrachi is Israeli.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Limor Mizrachi

· Wikidata: Q12408693

· DBpedia: Limor Mizrachi

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