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  2. As a young kid in France, Boris Diaw grew up playing basketball with one of France's all-time great female players. In following his mother's footsteps, he's become a true winner, just like...

  3. May 13, 2007 · The Phoenix Suns’ Boris Diaw remembers playing pickup games with his mother, Elizabeth Riffiod, several years after she stopped playing center for the French national team.

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    Diaw's 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) mother, Élisabeth Riffiod, is regarded as one of the best centers in French women's basketball history. She is a member of the French Basketball Hall of Fame. Diaw's father, Issa Diaw, is a former Senegalese high jump champion.

  5. Diaw’s mother, Élisabeth Riffiod, is famous as one of the best center players in French women’s basketball history and is recognized in the French Basketball Hall of Fame.

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  6. Boris Diaw’s mother is Élisabeth Riffiod, known as one of the greatest center players in the history of French women’s basketball. She’s honored in the French Basketball Hall of Fame.

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  7. May 13, 2015 · Diaw’s basketball roots go through his mother, Elisabeth Riffiod, who gained recognition in France as the country’s first woman to shoot a jump shot. Long before Boris won an NBA title,...

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  9. When Boris Diaw was born in 1982, Issa Diaw returned to Senegal as a lawyer. Riffiod, now a single mother, steered her son to sports beyond basketball. Diaw played soccer and tennis — but they hardly took, and when he turned 10, she finally relented, allowing him to play organized basketball.

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