CIAK Helena

Date of Birth: 15 Dec 1989

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.97/6'5''

Place of birth: DUNKIRK

Birth Country:

France

Place of residence : FRANCE

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Basketball	Women FRA France	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #09 JPN Japan 74 FRA France 70	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #23 FRA France 87 NGR Nigeria 62	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #34 FRA France 82 USA United States 93	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Quarterfinal #44 ESP Spain 64 FRA France 67	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Semifinal #48 JPN Japan 87 FRA France 71	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Bronze Medal Game #49 SRB Serbia 76 FRA France 91	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

BASKETBALL

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2018	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ESP
7	Women	2014	Turkey

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2021
2	Women	2017	Czech Republic

BASKETBALL 3X3

3x3 World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2012	Greece

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Lyon ASVEL Feminin [France] since 2019

Valerie Garnier [national], FRA

Position style:

Centre (basketeurope.com, 23 May 2019)

Sporting relatives:

Her father Piotr Ciak represented Poland in basketball at the 1979 European Championships in Italy. (sans-filtre.fr, 25 Aug 2018)

Other sports:

She has represented France in 3x3 basketball, claiming a silver medal at the 2012 World Cup in Athens, Greece. (saran-basket.com, 20 Jan 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 26 Apr 2020)

In May 2019 she sprained her ankle and was unable to compete at the 2019 European Championships in Latvia and Serbia. (leprogres.fr, 06 May 2019; lequipe.fr, 10 Jun 2019)

National league:

Ligue Feminine de Basketball [FRA] (basketlfb.com, 20 Mar 2020)

She began playing basketball at age 11. (sans-filtre.fr, 25 Aug 2018)

Her father was a basketball coach and some of her friends were already playing the sport. (sans-filtre.fr, 25 Aug 2018)

Winning the 2017 EuroLeague, and competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (leberry.fr, 05 Feb 2020; sans-filtre.fr, 25 Aug 2018)

In 2019 she was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the Ligue Feminine de Basketball in France. (basketlfb.com, 20 Mar 2020)

She was named MVP of the Final Four of the 2012 French League 2. (basketlfb.com, 20 Mar 2020)

General Interest

General
RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE
In 2016 she signed for the Dynamo Kursk club in the Russian Federation. "They knew me after our meetings in EuroLeague during my first year with club Bourges [in France], and they had offered me a contract earlier, which I refused. I really wanted to experience playing in Bourges before going abroad. I can say that it went well because in my first year [in Kursk] we won the EuroLeague. I had never thought I would win it. There were some ups and downs there. I was far away from my family, I had to adapt to the country. In the sporting aspect it was a super experience. Most notable for having teammates from the United States and Spain. From a personal point of view, I could discover a different culture, as well as the peculiar weather. After my second year I decided to go back to France because it was a complicated season in both sporting and personal terms. I also felt homesick." (sans-filtre.fr, 25 Aug 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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