Florent Piétrus

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Florent Piétrus
SIG Strasbourg
2020Orléans Loiret Basket
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  France
FIBA Basketball World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Spain
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2013 Slovenia
Silver medal – second place 2011 Lithuania
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Serbia and Montenegro
Bronze medal – third place 2015 France

Florent Marius Piétrus (born 19 January 1981) is a French professional basketball player, who lastly played for Orléans Loiret Basket of the LNB Pro A. His younger brother, Mickaël Piétrus, played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Professional career

Piétrus began his career with the

undrafted in the 2003 NBA draft. Since then, he has played in the Spanish League with Unicaja Málaga (2004–07), MMT Estudiantes (2007–08), Valencia (2008–10), Caja Laboral
(2010), and again with Valencia (2010–13).

On 22 July 2013 Piétrus signed with the French club

On 12 January 2020 he signed with Orléans Loiret Basket of the LNB Pro A. [5]

National team career

In September 2005, Piétrus won the bronze medal at the

French National Team. He also won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 2011, the gold medal at the EuroBasket 2013, and the bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2015. He also played at EuroBasket 2003, EuroBasket 2007, and EuroBasket 2009
.

Piétrus also played with France at the

2014 FIBA World Cup, where he won a bronze medal, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6]

French national team stats

Tournament Games played Points per game Rebounds per game Assists per game
EuroBasket 2003 6 6.8 5.3 0.7
EuroBasket 2005 7 7.6 7.1 0.7
2006 World Championship 9 9.7 6.7 0.6
EuroBasket 2007 7 8.9 3.7 0.6
EuroBasket 2009 8 6.5 2.9 1.1
2010 World Championship 4 4.5 4.8 1.5
EuroBasket 2011 11 2.6 3.4 0.8
2012 Summer Olympics 6 4.5 2.8 0.5
EuroBasket 2013 11 1.9 3.5 0.2
2014 World Cup 9 3.1 3.7 0.9
EuroBasket 2015 9 1.2 2.9 0.2
2016 Summer Olympics 11 0.8 0.7 0.7

Personal life

Piétrus is the older brother of Mickaël Piétrus, who played in the NBA. His son Illan is also a basketball player.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Florent Pietrus moves to Nancy". Sportando.net. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Florent Pietrus signs with Levallois Metropolitans". Sportando.com. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Florent Pietrus rejoint la SIG Strasbourg". sigstrasbourg.fr (in French). 3 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Florent Pietrus reste à la SIG Strasbourg". sigstrasbourg.fr (in French). 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  5. ^ Skerletic, Dario (January 12, 2020). "Florent Pietrus joins Orleans". Sportando. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  6. ^ Florent Marius PIETRUS (FRA).
  7. ^ David Hein (18 April 2022). "Strasbourg stressing education off the court just as much as on it". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

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