Marlies Askamp (born August 7, 1970 in Dorsten, Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German professional basketball player. She was one of the original players to play in the U.S. Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Personal
As a youth, Askamp played basketball and competed in track until at age 16. She speaks German, English, and French.
Career highlights
- Played in the 1998 FIBA Women's Championship with the German National Team
- All-time leader in offensive rebounds (137) and total rebounds (329) for the now-defunct Miami Sol
Career statistics
Regular season
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1997
| style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix
| 28 || 1 || 18.5 || .393 || .000 || .763 || 5.2 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 1.6 || 7.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1998
| style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix
| 26 || 0 || 12.3 || .471 || .000 || .661 || 3.3 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 0.9 || 5.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1999
| style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix
| 30 || 30 || 26.0 || .482 || .000 || .816 || 7.2 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 1.2 || 9.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2000
| style="text-align:left;"|Miami
| 32 || 32 || 27.2 || .407 || .500 || .684 || 7.2 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 0.7 || 1.5 || 7.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2001
| style="text-align:left;"|Miami
| 30 || 11 || 14.4 || .483 || .000 || .563 || 2.9 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 2.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2002*
| style="text-align:left;"|Miami
| 6 || 1 || 12.0 || .400 || .000 || .273 || 1.8 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 1.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|2002*<sup>†</sup>
| style="text-align:left;"|Los Angeles
| 20 || 4 || 10.8 || .473 || .000 || .643 || 2.5 || 0.2 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.6 || 3.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2002
| style="text-align:left;"|Total
| 26 || 5 || 11.0 || .462 || .000 || .480 || 2.3 || 0.3 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 2.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Career
| style="text-align:left;"|6 years, 3 teams
| 172 || 79 || 18.6 || .440 || .167 || .711 || 4.8 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 1.1 || 6.0
Playoffs
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1997
| style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix
| 1 || 0 || 19.0 || .333 || .000 || 1.000 || 2.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 9.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1998
| style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix
| 5 || 0 || 7.2 || .400 || .000 || .250 || 2.4 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 0.6 || 1.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|2002<sup>†</sup>
| style="text-align:left;"|Los Angeles
| 4 || 3 || 6.0 || .000 || .000 || 1.000 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Career
| style="text-align:left;"|3 years, 2 teams
| 10 || 3 || 7.9 || .286 || .000 || .727 || 1.7 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 2.0
External links
- WNBA.com: Marlies Askamp Bio
- Old WNBA.com: Marles Askamp Bio at the Wayback Machine