Alicia Poto was born on 28 March 1978 and is an Australian basketball player.
27 Facts About Alicia Poto
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Alicia Poto has played in the Women's National Basketball League for the Australian Institute of Sport and Sydney Uni Flames.
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Alicia Poto is a member of the Australia women's national basketball team and won a medal with them at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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Alicia Poto was considered for the 2008 and 2012 national teams to compete at the Olympics but did not make the final squads selected for the Games.
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Alicia Poto, nicknamed Potsy, was born on 28 May 1978.
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Alicia Poto was offered and accepted a first European contract with Hungarian professional club Sopron in 1999.
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Alicia Poto's next move was to France, to Europe's top club at the time, Bourges Basket.
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Alicia Poto did attempt a comeback in Europe later and did end up in Siberia.
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Alicia Poto had an offer to play basketball in the Czech Republic that paid more than the WNBL's Sydney Uni Flames could offer during the mid-2000s.
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Alicia Poto did not tell the Flames about the offer, but instead signed it before the Flames could make a counter offer.
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Alicia Poto's team won French Cup and made it to the semi-finals in the national league.
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Alicia Poto had a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport and played for the AIS WNBL team in 1996.
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Alicia Poto came into the 2007 season in much better physical condition.
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Alicia Poto began to take more of a leadership role on the team.
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Alicia Poto's team won its first five games this season.
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The team's coach suggested Alicia Poto was motivated to improve this season because she wanted to make the 2008 Olympic Team.
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Alicia Poto was a member of the 1999 Australian senior women's team.
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Alicia Poto was a member of the Australian senior team that won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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In March 2007, Alicia Poto was named to the national team what would prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics and was part of the team that won a gold medal at the 2008 Oceania World Qualifications series.
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Alicia Poto participated in the Good Luck Beijing 2008 held in China in the lead up to the Olympics.
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Alicia Poto's team was joined by national teams from United States, Cuba, Korea, New Zealand and China.
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Alicia Poto was one of the last players to be cut from the national team before they departed for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Alicia Poto played in a three-game test series against China in 2009.
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Alicia Poto's team lost a game in Geelong, where Poto had to leave the game because of a tight hamstring.
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Alicia Poto was on the shortlist to compete at the 2010 World Championships for Australia but was ultimately cut from the squad that went to the competition.
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Alicia Poto was named to the 2012 Australia women's national basketball team.
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Alicia Poto was a member of the 1997 Australian Junior Women's Team that won a silver medal at the World Championships in Brazil and a member of the 1998 Australian Junior Women's team that won a bronze medal at the William Jones Cup in Taiwan.