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Chanan Colman

Chanan Colman is a Danish-Israeli basketball player who won the 2013 Israeli League championship with Maccabi Haifa and was named Danish League MVP in 2012.

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Born: 10 March 1984, Gladsaxe Municipality
Occupation: basketball player
Education: Chipola College

Chanan Colman was born in 1984 in Gladsaxe Municipality

Colman was born on 10 March 1984 in Gladsaxe, Denmark, to an Israeli mother and an American father. He began playing basketball at age 9.

He studied and played at Chipola Junior College in Florida. He then began his professional career in 2004 with Lappeenranta in Finland, winning the league and the cup and being named the 2006 Finals MVP.

In 2006 he moved to Israel, received citizenship and played for Ashkelon and Gilboa Afula. After years in Scandinavia, he was named Danish League MVP with Svendborg in 2012.

He won the 2013 Israeli championship with Maccabi Haifa, later serving as its captain. He won the 2018 State Cup with Hapoel Holon and also played for Eilat, Be'er Sheva and Hapoel Haifa.

He played for the Denmark national team in European Championship qualifiers. Since 2014 he has run a youth basketball camp in Denmark. His son with singer Jessie J was born in May 2023.