Marine Johannès

Marine Johannès (born 21 January 1995), nicknamed Wizard for her ballhandling skills, is a French basketball player for Çukurova Basketbol of the Turkish Super League.

[1] A creative player who is very instinctive with the ball in her hands, she is well-known for having excellent passing and shooting skills.

She was noticed by Samuel Vallée, who made her join at 12 the basketball club USO Mondeville.

[4] It's in Mondeville, a team evolving in LFB, the first division in France, that she had her first professional experience during the 2011-12 season at 17 years old.

[12] In 2019, she signed a 3 years contract with the winner of the French League Lyon ASVEL, a club owned by Tony Parker.

[24] Marine Johannes played her first game with her senior national team on 25 November 2015 against the Netherlands where she scored 15 points.

Her most noticeable game of the tournament was against the United States in the semi-finals with 13 points, including a crossover followed by a three pointer on basketball legend Maya Moore.

She participated with the French national team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where France won the bronze medal defeating Serbia 91-76.