Biography
Rudy Gober is a French basketball player who takes the position of the center position on the parquet. The athlete represents the NBA Club "Utah Jazz," and also part of the national team. Fame of the general public player has gained a non-standard way: he infected with coronavirus during a press conference in 2020.Childhood and youth
Rudy was born on June 26, 1992 in Saint-Cantine - a city located in the north of France. The fact that the boy's biography will be associated with basketball, it became clear right away, because he was the son of a professional player Rudy Bigargle. Guadelois for nationality, he represented the French team in the 1980s. Parents expectedly encouraged the interests of the Son.
Rudy Jr. since childhood demonstrated sports potential. In 2003, he began to play the city club "Saint-Cantne", and soon joined the team of the same name, speaking in the second division. By 2007, Gober received an invitation to the Professional Club "Cholet". Already in 2010, he participated in the Junior European Fib Championship as a representative of the national team. At this tournament, the athlete received the title of the best scorer and the ricochet of the team.
Personal life
Rudy Gobere - active user of social networks. He has confirmed accounts in Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Athlete regularly pleases Follover Publication Photo. He is divided into news about his weekdays, pictures made during matches and training, in public events and in the circle of loved ones.Despite the fact that the basketball player is open to communication with subscribers and fans, the romantic details of his personal life still remain in secret. There are no snapshots in profiles of the star of sports, which the admirers could take for the beloved Gobera.
Rudy travels a lot. In "Instagram" men have a peculiar tradition. He lays out pictures in scenic places. Gobere is captured on them and with full wrestling of hands. By the way, this physical indicator of the athlete is 235 cm. In 2013, Gober became a record holder on this parameter under the conditions of calculation from the point of measurement to the place he can touch. True, already a year later, Walter Tavares broke colleagues. His sweep of hands was more than 4 cm.
The player's growth is 216 cm, and the weight is 113 kg.
Basketball
Officially professional basketball player career started in 2009. But he played for the junior team until 2011. In the 2010/2011 season, he went to the parquet as part of the "Cholet" only 1 time. For this match, the athlete scored 6 points, carried out 1 block slip and 1 interception. Next season, the case went better. On average, Gober's game received about 4 points and carried out up to 4 rebounds. For the team the basketball player won 29 matches.
At the European Championship - 2011, Gober became the owner of a bronze medal as part of the national team, representing juniors in the category up to 20 years. A year later, in the next age category, the team not without the participation of Rudi won the tournament silver reward. French, together with Leo Westerman, fell into the symbolic team of the championship. As part of the preparation for the 2012 Olympics, coach Vensan Collie invited Gobera to participate in 2 friendly meetings. The athlete earned 8 points in them.
In 2013, Rudy expressed a desire to become a member of the NBA Drafat. He was invited to play the club "Denver Nuggets". The guy received the 27th room, but on the day of the draft preferred a T-shirt with number 46, which was offered the "Uta Jazz" team. In the framework of the exchange for Rudi, a financial surcharge and player Eric Green was provided. The contract was signed, and Gober began to participate in the Summer League of the NBA.
Six months later, he was sent to Bakerrsvid Jam, but in a week returned. Then for a few days the basketball player again went to "Jam" and soon turned out to be in Yute. In the summer of 2014, he again represented "Utah Jazz" within the framework of the summer league.
In the same year, being a member of the national team, Rudy Gobere won the world bronze award. A similar reward, he won the team a year later at the European Championships. In the fall, the contract with "Yutoy" extended. The second season brought a real success athlete: he was among the progressive league basketball players. In 2016, Utah has signed a contract with French for 4 years. Under the conditions of the player's fee amounted to $ 102 million, which became a kind of record in the professional community.
For the 2016/2017 season, Rudy Gobere participated in 30 matches, each of which was distinguished by the seabilities. As a result, by the end of the season, the basketball player became a member of the 2nd symbolic national team and a member of the 1st team on defense. Experts also called him the best player in the number of blocks produced.
Rudy Gober Now
In the spring of 2020, a coronavirus pandemic was announced in the world. Not all representatives of the public community immediately realized the degree of seriousness of the threat. Rudy Gober turned out to be among those who raised the beginning of the epidemic and assured that it is unlikely to get infected as simple as it seems. Speaking at a press conference in March, the basketball player also tried microphones used during the meeting. It caused discontent fans and journalists. And after a couple of days it became known that the athlete became infected with the disease.Embed from getty imagesAfter 2 weeks, the health status of the player turned out to be normal. As well as colleague, Donovan Mitchell, a man quickly recovered, but the wave of negative pursued his for a long time. The activities of the NBA were suspended due to the epidemic, and the matches were canceled. Later, the ban spread to all sports, implying training, matches and tournaments.
Achievements
- 2011 - Bronze Medal of the European Fibe Championship
- 2012 - Silver Medal of European Fib Championship Medal
- 2012 - Member of the symbolic national team of all tournaments
- 2014 - Bronze World Cup Medal
- 2015 - Bronze Medal of the European Championship
- 2016 - participant of the national team at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
- 2019 - Bronze Medal Fib World Championship Medal