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Antoine Diot

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Antoine Diot
Diot warming-up with Paris-Levallois Basket in 2012
No. 8 – Chorale Roanne Basket
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
LeagueLNB Pro A
Personal information
Born (1989-01-17) 17 January 1989 (age 35)
Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Listed height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight86 kg (190 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2011: undrafted
Playing career2004–present
Career history
2007–2012Le Mans
2012–2013Paris-Levallois
2013–2015SIG Strasbourg
2015–2019Valencia Basket
2019–2023ASVEL
2023–presentChorale Roanne Basket
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  France
FIBA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Spain
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2013 Slovenia
U-19 World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Serbia
European U-20 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2009 Greece
European U-18 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2006 Greece U-18 Team
European U-16 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2004 Greece U-16 Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Spain U-16 Team

Antoine Camille Diot (born 17 January 1989) is a French professional basketball player for Chorale Roanne Basket of the LNB Pro A. Standing at 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in), he plays the point guard position. He also represents the French national basketball team.

Professional career

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Diot began playing basketball with the youth teams of the French club JL Bourg en Bresse. He then played with Centre Fédéral, in the French 3rd-tier level league, the NM1, from 2004 to 2007. He began his professional career in 2007, with the French 1st-tier level Pro A League club, Le Mans. He moved to the French club Paris-Levallois Basket in 2012.

On 1 July 2013 Diot signed a two-year deal with the French Pro A team Strasbourg IG, with an opt-out clause after the first year.[1] He was voted the French League French Player's MVP in 2014. In June 2014, he opted to remain with the team for one more season.[2] He was voted the French Leaders Cup MVP in 2015.

On 10 July 2015 he signed a two-year contract with the Spanish ACB team Valencia Basket.[3] With Valencia, he won the Spanish League 2016–17 season championship. On 5 July 2017 he signed a two-year contract extension with Valencia.[4]

On 11 June 2023 he signed with Chorale Roanne Basket of the LNB Pro A.[5]

National team career

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Diot was a member of the French junior national teams. With France's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he won a gold medal, the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he won a silver medal, and was named the tournament's MVP, the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a gold medal, the 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, where he won a bronze medal, the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he won a silver medal, and was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Diot then became a member of the senior men's French national basketball team. With France's senior national team, he has played at the following major tournaments: the EuroBasket 2009, the EuroBasket 2013, where he won a gold medal, the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, where he won a silver medal, and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

French senior national team stats

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Tournament GP PPG RPG APG
EuroBasket 2009 8 5.1 1.9 1.0
EuroBasket 2013 11 4.5 1.6 1.1
2014 World Cup 9 6.9 2.6 2.3
2016 Olympics Qualification 4 4.8 0.8 0.5
2016 Summer Olympics 6 4.0 1.0 1.0

References

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  1. ^ "Strasbourg signs Antoine Diot to a two-year deal". sportando.com. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Antoine Diot reste à la SIG". sigbasket.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Valencia signs Antoine Diot to a two-year contract". sportando.com. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Valencia re-signs combo guard Diot". Euroleague.net. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  5. ^ Skerletic, Dario (11 June 2023). "Antoine Diot joins Chorale Roanne - Sportando". Sportando. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
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