Nicolas Lang

{{Short description|French basketball player (born 1990)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Nicolas Lang

| image = IMG Nicolas Lang et Joffrey Lauvergne.JPG

| image_size = 180

| caption =

| number = 15

| position = Shooting guard / small forward

| height_cm = 198

| height_footnote =

| weight_kg = 90

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| league = LNB Pro A

| team = CSP Limoges

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|5|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mulhouse, France

| death_date =

| death_place =

| draft_year = 2012

| career_start = 2007

| career_end =

| years1 = 2007–2013

| team1 = Élan Chalon

| years2 = 2013–2015

| team2 = Paris-Levallois

| years3 = 2015–2018

| team3 = ASVEL Basket

| years4 = 2018–2019

| team4 = SIG Basket

| years5 = 2019–present

| team5 = CSP Limoges

| highlights =

| medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|FRA}} France}}

{{MedalCompetition|U20 European Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Croatia|Team}}

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Nicolas Lang (born 1 May 1990) is a French professional basketball player for CSP Limoges of the LNB Pro A.[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Nicolas-Lang/France/ASVEL-Lyon-Villeurbanne-Basket/133959 Eurobasket.com profile] Lang is a two-time French Pro A champion, as well as a two-time French Cup winner.

He signed a three-year extension with Limoges on 27 May 2020.{{cite news |title=Limoges, Nicolas Lang agree on 3-year extension |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/limoges-nicolas-lang-agree-on-3-year-extension/ |website=Sportando |accessdate=27 May 2020 |date=27 May 2020|last1=Borghesan |first1=Ennio Terrasi }} On 1 November 2024, he hit his 756th three-pointer in league play and thus put himself on the top of the LNB Pro A all-time list.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-01 |title=Nicolas Lang nouveau recordman du nombre de tirs à 3 points marqués en Betclic ELITE avec 756 tirs réussis |url=https://www.lnb.fr/elite/nicolas-lang-nouveau-recordman-du-nombre-de-tirs-a-3-points-marques-en-betclic-elite-avec-756-tirs-reussis/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Ligue Nationale de Basket |language=fr}}

National team career

Lang played for the France national U18, U19 and U20 teams. Lang was on the championship team that won the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Croatia. In 2014, Lang was selected for the pre-selection of the France national team for the 2014 FIBA World Cup.[http://www.beobasket.net/players-market/europe/1458/nicolas-lang.html Beobasket profile] He made his senior national team debut in November 2020.{{Cite web |title=Nicolas Lang |url=https://www.teamfrancebasket.com/player/39-nicolas-lang/career |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Fédération française de basket-ball |language=fr}}

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