Jacques Cachemire
{{Short description|French basketball player and coach}}
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| height_in = 5.75
| weight_lbs = 210
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| nationality = French
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|2|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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| career_start = 1968
| career_end = 1984
| coach_start = 1983
| coach_end = 1994
| career_number = 12, 13, 14,
| career_position = Small forward / power forward
| years1 = 1968–1969
| team1 = SA Lyon
| years2 = 1969–1979
| team2 = Olympique Antibes
| years3 = 1979–1984
| team3 = ASPO Tours
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| cyears1 = 1983–1984
| cteam1 = ASPO Tours
| cyears2 = 1987–1992
| cteam2 = Lourdes
| cyears3 = 1993–1994
| cteam3 = RCM Toulouse
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As player:
- 3× FIBA European Selection (1974, 1975, 1979)
- 2× French League champion (1970, 1980)
- French League Best Scorer (1975)
- French National Sports Hall of Fame (2016)
- French Basketball Hall of Fame (2007)
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Jacques Cachemire (born 27 February 1947 in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe{{cite web |url=http://www.ffbb.com/jacques-cachemire-lailier-scoreur|title=Jacques Cachemire, l'ailier scoreur |date=22 October 2013 |language=French}}) is a French former professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 1.97 m (6'5 {{3/4}}") tall, he played at the small forward and power forward positions. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2007. He was inducted into the French National Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.
Club career
Cachemire was a member of the FIBA European Selection, in 1974, 1975, and 1979. He won the French League championship in 1970 and 1980. He was the French League Best Scorer, in 1975
National team career
Cachemire had 250 caps with the senior men's French national basketball team, from 1969 to 1983. He scored 2,837 points with the senior French national team.{{cite web |url=http://www.ffbb.com/dtn/historique/fichier.php?id_jou=&nom=CACHEMIRE%20&prenom=Jacques |title= |website=www.ffbb.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322122747/http://www.ffbb.com/dtn/historique/fichier.php?id_jou=&nom=CACHEMIRE+&prenom=Jacques |archive-date=2012-03-22}}
He played at 6 EuroBaskets: 1971, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1981, and 1983.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180314174255/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Jacques%20Cachemire/pid//_//players.html FIBA Profile]
- [http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_1973.roundID_2254.teamID_282.playerID_64182.html FIBA Europe Profile]
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Category:French basketball coaches
Category:French men's basketball players
Category:French people of Guadeloupean descent
Category:Olympique Antibes basketball players
Category:Stade Auto Lyon players
Category:Union Tours Basket Métropole players
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France
Category:Competitors at the 1975 Mediterranean Games
Category:20th-century French sportsmen
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