Georgy Adams

{{Short description|French Polynesian basketballer (born 1967)}} '''Georgy Adams''' (born 9 March 1967)<ref name=ProBio>{{cite web |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/2/georgy-adams |title=Georgy Adams |publisher=Proballers |access-date=18 September 2022}}</ref> is a former French Polynesian basketball player who played as a winger. He was the first French Polynesian selected for the France men's national basketball team.<ref name=O12021a/>

Adams was born in Papeete,<ref name=ProBio/> but moved to France when he was 16 to pursue a career as a professional basketballer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://basket-retro.com/2022/04/08/portrait-georgy-adams-sous-les-parquets-la-plage/ |title=[Portrait] Georgy Adams, sous les parquets la plage |publisher=Basket Retro |language=fr |date=8 April 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022}}</ref> He played with Olympique Antibes, Limoges CSP and ASVEL Basket. He was selected 73 times for the French team,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://basket-retro.com/2019/01/23/itw-georgy-adams-sil-y-a-un-match-a-retenir-ce-serait-la-fois-ou-lon-a-battu-barcelone/ |title=ITW Georgy Adams : " S’il y a un match à retenir, ce serait celui où l’on a battu Barcelone " |publisher=Basket Retro |language=fr |date=23 January 2019 |access-date=18 September 2022}}</ref> and played for France in EuroBasket 1991, EuroBasket 1993, and EuroBasket 1997. He later coached AS Monaco Basket. He currently manages the Polynesian Basketball Federation.<ref name=O12021a>{{cite web |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/l-ex-basketteur-polynesien-georgy-adams-a-trois-casquettes-entraineur-hotelier-et-grand-pere-1181407.html |title=L'ex-basketteur polynésien Georgy Adams a trois casquettes : entraîneur, hôtelier… et grand-père ! |publisher=Outre-mer la 1ère |language=fr |author=Nicolas Bouiges |date=15 December 2021 |access-date=18 September 2022}}</ref> He began a hotel business in Papeete after the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.<ref name=O12021a/>

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