Samantha Richards
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Richards (wearing #5) at the London 2012 Summer Olympics
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| Born | 24 February 1983 | |||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||
| Listed height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||
| Listed weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||
| Position | Guard | |||||||||
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Samantha Richards (born 24 February 1983) is an Australian basketball guard from Melbourne, Victoria who played her junior basketball in Nunawading. She has played professionally in Australia for the WNBL's Dandenong Rangers, the Australian Institute of Sport, the Perth Lynx and the Bulleen Boomers. She has also played professionally in Europe. Richards has been a member of the Australia women's national basketball team on the U19, U21, University and Senior teams.
Richards was born on 24 February 1983 in Melbourne. She is 168 centimetres (66 in) tall.
Richards is a guard, specialising as a point guard. She played her junior basketball for Nunawading.
Richards has played basketball in Europe. In 2007, she signed to play with AZS PWSZ Gorzow in Poland. In 2009, she was playing for a Czech team.
Richards played for the Dandenong Rangers in 1998, and 1998/1999 WNBL seasons. In 1999, she earned a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and played with the WNBL AIS team in 1999/2000. She rejoined Dandenong for the 2001/2002 season and continued to play for them during the 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 seasons, and was a key player in their Grand Final victory in 2003/2004. Her 2004 Dandenong team competed in the FIBA World League. She played for the Dandenong Rangers in 2004/2005. That season, her team won the league championship, Richards being a key part. She continued to play for the team in 2005/2006 and 2006/2007, missing the first third of the 2006/2007 season because she was injured. That season, she was the team's co-captain alongside Caitlin Ryan. This season, she was 25 years old. In the team's 66–61 loss to the Adelaide Lightning, she scored only five points, while attempting only a pair of three point shots that she lost. In 2008, she was named as one of the players on the Dandenong Rangers Team of the Decade.
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