GOBERT Rudy

26 Jun 1992
29
Male
2.15/7'0''
SAINT-QUENTIN
 
France
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
BKB Basketball Men 2 Silver Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Saitama Super Arena
FRA
France
83
USA
United States
76
Finished
Saitama Super Arena
CZE
Czech Republic
77
FRA
France
97
Finished
Saitama Super Arena
IRI
Islamic Rep. of Iran
62
FRA
France
79
Finished
Saitama Super Arena
ITA
Italy
75
FRA
France
84
Finished
Saitama Super Arena
FRA
France
90
SLO
Slovenia
89
Finished
Saitama Super Arena
FRA
France
82
USA
United States
87
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:
Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
6Men2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Cup
RankEventYearLocation
3Men2019People's Republic of China
3Men2014Spain
:
The Stifle Tower, The French Rejection, The Gobert Report, Gobzilla (basketball-reference.com, 01 Jan 2020)
:
Athlete
:
English, French
:
Utah Jazz [Salt Lake City, UT, USA] since 2013/14
:
Quin Snyder [club], USA; Vincent Collet [national], FRA
:
Centre (basketball-reference.com, 01 Jan 2020)
:
His father Rudy Bourgarel played basketball for Marist College in the United States of America, and was also a professional in France. (theundefeated.com, 10 Feb 2020)
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He injured the medial collateral ligament [MCL] in his knee while training in December 2015. He missed 18 league games with the injury. He also did not compete at the 2016 World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Manila, Philippines, as he decided to take a month off to strengthen his leg. (sltrib.com, 04 May 2016)
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NBA [USA] (cbssports.com, 13 Feb 2020)
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He began playing basketball at age 11 in Saint-Quentin, France. (parismatch.com, 17 Jun 2017)
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His father played the sport professionally, and one day his mother Corinne showed him the movie 'Coming to America', which featured his father playing basketball. "I was proud to know that he was a professional player. One day I wanted to write my own story." (parismatch.com, 17 Jun 2017)
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To win an NBA championship. (sport24lefigaro.fr, 26 Jan 2020)
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He was selected for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game in the United States of America. (basketball-reference.com, 01 Jan 2020)

He was named in the NBA's All-Defensive First Team in 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, and 2019/20. (nba.com, 18 Sep 2020; basketball-reference.com, 01 Jan 2020)

He was named the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year in the 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons. (basketball-reference.com, 01 Jan 2020)
Legend
:
Silver Medal
:
Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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