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Anat Draigor

Anat Draigor is an Israeli former basketball player and coach who scored 136 points in a single game in 2006, setting a Guinness world record.

born 1960136 points in one gameCaptain of Israel women's national teamPromoting women's basketball in Israel

Anat Draigor
Born
22 March 1960, Beersheba
Occupation
basketball player

Anat Draigor was born in 1960 in Beersheba

Anat Draigor was born on March 22, 1960, in Beersheba. She began playing basketball at age 14. She holds a master's degree in philosophy of education from the Hebrew University.

She played most of her career for Elitzur Tel Aviv, later Elitzur Holon, winning 16 championships and 14 cups with the club. In 1980 she joined Clermont-Ferrand in France and won the French championship. In 1991 she played a season for Racing Paris, which reached the French final.

She was captain of the Israel women's national team, playing 79 games and scoring 1,515 points. She retired in 1994 after a final game that gave her club its 16th straight title. She returned to play in 2005, and in 2006 scored 136 points for Hapoel Mateh Yehuda against Elitzur Givat Shmuel.

After retiring she coached women's teams and youth national teams, and worked as a basketball commentator on Reshet Bet. In 2007 the Israel Basketball Association named her coordinator for promoting women's basketball, and in 2008 she started a mobile project bringing the game to girls in schools. In 2018 Ben-Gurion University gave her an honorary doctorate.

She has written books on basketball, published in 2007 and 2017. She is married to Yitzhak Kadman and has 2 daughters.

Milestones in Anat Draigor's life

  1. 1960

    Born in Beersheba.

  2. 1980

    Joined Clermont-Ferrand and won the French championship.

  3. 1991

    Joined Racing Paris for a season.

  4. 1994

    Retired from playing.

  5. 2005

    Returned to play in the national league.

  6. 2006

    Scored 136 points in one game, a Guinness world record.

  7. 2007

    Named coordinator for promoting women's basketball.

  8. 2008

    Founded the women's basketball mobile project.

  9. 2018

    Received an honorary doctorate from Ben-Gurion University.

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Based on English Wikipedia, Anat Draigor and Hebrew Wikipedia, ענת דרייגור, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

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