MEESSEMAN Emma

Date of Birth: 13 May 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.93/6'3''

Place of birth: IEPER

Birth Country:

Belgium

Place of residence : WASHINGTON, DC

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Basketball	Women BEL Belgium	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group C #11 AUS Australia 70 BEL Belgium 85	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group C #21 BEL Belgium 87 PUR Puerto Rico 52	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group C #35 CHN China 74 BEL Belgium 62	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Quarterfinal #43 JPN Japan 86 BEL Belgium 85	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2018	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ESP

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2021
3	Women	2017	Czech Republic
5	Women	2019

Tennis, volleyball, football, swimming, travel, reading, spending time with friends and family. (Facebook page, 04 Apr 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Physical Education - Free University of Brussels, Belgium

Languages spoken:

Washington Mystics [USA] / UMMC Ekaterinburg [RUS] since 2013 [Mystics]

Mike Thibault [Mystics], USA; Philip Mestdagh [national], BEL

Position style:

Forward (wnba.com, 08 Sep 2019)

Sporting relatives:

Her mother Sonja Tankrey was named the 1983 Female Basketball Player of the Year in Belgium. (washingtoncitypaper.com, 15 Aug 2019)

National league:

WNBA [USA] / Premier League [RUS] (Facebook page, 04 Apr 2020; ugmk.com, 01 Sep 2019)

She began playing basketball at age five with the Racing Ieper club in Belgium. (Facebook page, 04 Apr 2020)

In 2019 she was named the Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the WNBA Finals in the United States of America. (espn.com, 17 Feb 2020)

In 2015 she was selected for the WNBA All-Star Team. (sportsarefromvenus.com, 22 Sep 2019)

In 2013 she was named Young Player of the Year in the Ligue Feminine de Basketball [LFB] in France while she was playing for ESBVA [Villeneuve d'Ascq]. (Facebook page, 04 Apr 2020)

In 2011 and 2012 she was named Player of the Year in Belgium. In 2010 she was named Young Player of the Year. (Facebook page, 04 Apr 2020)

In 2011 she was named International Basketball Federation [FIBA] European Young Player of the Year. (Facebook page, 04 Apr 2020; sportsarefromvenus.com, 22 Sep 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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