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Laurent Sciarra
	Laurent Sciarra with Orléans Loiret, May 23, 2009.
Personal information
Born	8 August 1973 (age 51); Nice, France
Nationality	French
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1991–2011
Position	Point guard
Career history
1991–1993	Hyères-Toulon
1993–1997	PSG Racing
1997	Ciudad de Huelva
1997–1998	Benetton Treviso
1998–2000	PSG Racing
2000–2001	ASVEL Villeurbanne
2001–2002	Paniónios
2002–2004	PB Racing
2004–2005	BCM Gravelines
2005–2008	JDA Dijon
2008–2010	Orléans Loiret
2010–2011	Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
Career highlights and awards
	Greek League All-Star (2002); French League champion (1997); 4× French Federation Cup winner (2001, 2005, 2006, 2010); French Supercup winner (2006); 2× French League French Player's MVP (2003, 2005); 8× French League All-Star (1999, 2000 (I), 2000 (II), 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008); French League All-Star Game MVP (2008); French Basketball Hall of Fame (2017); 2× FIBA EuroChallenge All-Star (2004, 2007);
Men's Basketball
Representing France
Olympic Games
World Military Championship
World Military Championship
FIBA Under-21 World Cup
FIBA European U-18 Championship

Laurent Michel Sciarra (born 8 August 1973) is a former French professional basketball player. He one held a Guinness world record for making 60 free throws in 2 minutes.^[1] He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017

Professional career

Sciarra began his professional career in 1990, with Hyères-Toulon Var Basket, and he moved to PSG Racing in 1993. He played with PSG until 1997, when he was a member of the club's French League championship season. Sciarra then moved abroad for one season, playing with Ciudad de Huelva in Spain, and Pallacanestro Treviso in Italy, before returning to Paris.

In 2001, Sciarra again moved abroad, and spent a season with Panionios in Greece. Following two more seasons with Paris Basket Racing, Sciarra played with the French club BCM Gravelines, for one season. In 2005, he began to play with the French club JDA Dijon, where he stayed until his transfer to French club Entente Orléanaise 45, in 2008.

National team career

French junior national team

Sciarra played with France's junior national teams. He played at the 1992 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a gold medal, at the 1993 FIBA Under-21 World Cup, where he won a silver medal, and at the 1994 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

French senior national team

Sciarra was also a member of the senior men's French national team. With France, he played at the 1997 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1999 FIBA EuroBasket, the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, and the 2001 FIBA EuroBasket. He won the silver medal with France at the 2000 Olympics, and he was the best scorer of the 2000 Olympics final, as he scored 19 points against Team USA.