{{short description|Gambian basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Pierre Jallow | photo = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = | team = | league = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|8|8|df=y}} | birth_place = The Gambia | nationality = Gambian / Finnish | high_school = | college = William Jewell (2000–2004) | draft_year = 2004 | career_start = 2004 | career_end = 2017 | career_position = Power forward / Center | career_number = | years1 = 2005–2006 | team1 = Kouvot | years2 = 2006–2007 | team2 = Kohila SK | years3 = 2007–2008 | team3 = Lahti | years4 = 2011 | team4 = Keravan Energia | years5 = 2012–2014 | team5 = Raiders Basket | years6 = 2015 | team6 = Nilan Bisons Loimaa | years7 = 2016 | team7 = Raiders Basket | years8 = 2017 | team8 = Torpan Pojat | highlights = }} '''Pierre Jallow''' (born 8 August 1979) is a Gambian former professional basketball player.<ref>Keita Nanama, [http://allafrica.com/stories/200609140883.html Gambia: Star on Parade - Pierre Jallow Gambia's Pride in Basketball], AllAfrica.com, accessed 4 April 2016.</ref> In 2015, he played for the Nilan Bisons Loimaa of Finland's Korisliiga and the VTB United League. He has received Finnish citizenship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basket.fi/basket/uutiset/kansalaistunut-jallow-siirtyy-bisons-miehistoon/ |title=Kansalaistunut Jallow siirtyy Bisons-miehistöön |date=February 20, 2015 |publisher=Basketball Finland |language=fi |access-date=September 8, 2020 |quote=Suomen kansalaisuuden saanut Jallow}}</ref>
He organizes a camp in Gambia every summer for young kids who want a future in basketball{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}.
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094647/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6034426/playerview.html FIBA Profile] * [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Pierre_Jallow/65483 Afrobasket.com Profile] * [https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/23857/pierre-jallow Proballers profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jallow, Pierre}} Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Centers (basketball) Category:Gambian men's basketball players Category:Power forwards Category:Torpan Pojat players Category:William Jewell Cardinals men's basketball players Category:Finnish people of Gambian descent Category:Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Category:Naturalized citizens of Finland