The Auvergne had marked the history of Les Bleues during the 1953 World Cup, by leading the France team to the bronze medal.
Former basketball player Édith Tavert, captain of the only French women’s team to medal at a World Cup (in bronze in 1953) and emblematic figure of tricolor basketball, died at the age of 93, announced the French Federation (FFBB) .
“The Auvergne Édith Tavert died at the age of 93. She marked the history of French basketball as a player, coach and leader”, underlined the FFBB, specifying that the funeral took place in Vic- Le-Comte (63) Saturday afternoon.
With 63 caps in the French team in the 1950s, she played in five European Championships and won bronze at the World Cup in 1953, the first organized and so far the only medal won by French women basketball players in a championship of the world. She also coached AS Montferrand until 1964, then UC Clermont until 1969, for the debut of the Demoiselles de Clermont epic with the legendary Jacky Chazalon.
