Shona Thorburn

Quick Facts

Full Name	Shona Thorburn
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 7, 1982(1982-08-07)
Age	42
Birthplace	Oxford
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Leo

Shona Thorburn Biography

Shona Thorburn is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on August 7, 1982 in Oxford, England, United Kingdom. Shona Thorburn (born on August 7, 1982) is a Canadian professional basketball player. previously a point guard for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA.

In 2012, Thorburn was presented with in 2012 the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Everything seemed to go right in the semifinal game. Canada opened the game with an 11–2 run on seven consecutive points by Miranda Ayim. Langlois contributed five assists. In the third quarter Canada strongly out rebounded Brazil and hit 69% of their field goals to score 33 points in the quarter. Lizanne Murphy and Nirra Fields hit three-pointers to help extend the lead to 68–39 at the end of three quarters. Canada continued to dominate in the fourth quarter with three-pointers by Kia Nurse and Kim Gaucher. Canada went on to win the game 91–63 to earn a spot in the gold-medal game against the USA.

She was invited to join the national team, to play in the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, held in Xalapa, Mexico from 21–28 September 2013. She averaged 3.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, and helped the Canadian National team to a second place, silver medal finish. Canada faced Cuba in a preliminary round and won 53–40, but in the championship game, Cuba prevailed 79–71.

The majority of Thorburn’s rookie year was in the bench. She was never a part of the Lynx rotation, and she averaged 0.8 scores, 0.9 assists as well as 6.6 minutes across 21 games. On May 14 2007 she was let go from the Lynx.

Shona Thorburn Net Worth

Shona Thorburn is one of the richest Basketball Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shona Thorburn 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Thorburn is graduated from Westdale Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario. She went on to attend school in the University of Utah and graduated in the year 2006. After her college career she was drafted seventh overall for the WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx.

Thorburn signed a seven-day contract in July 2007 with Seattle Storm in July 2007 and was released after the contract was up.

After trading baskets early the US edged out to a double-digit lead in the second quarter. However the Canadians, spurred on by the home crowd cheering, fought back and tied up the game at halftime. In the third quarter, it was Canada’s time to shine as they outscore the US 26–15. The lead would reach as high as 18 points. The USA would fight back, but not all the way and Canada won the game and the gold-medal 81–73. It was Canada’s first gold-medal in basketball in the Pan Am games. Nurse was the star for Canada with 33 points, hitting 11 of her 12 free-throw attempts in 10 of her 17 field-goal attempts including two of three three-pointers.

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Shona Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Shona Thorburn celebrates birthday on August 7 of every year.