Miranda Ayim
Canadian captain and three-time Olympian.
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Miranda Joy Ayim, born May 6, 1988, is a Canadian basketball player who suits up for Basket Landes in France. She serves as a captain for the Canada women's national team and has represented her country at three Olympics, from 2012 through 2021. At the 2021 Tokyo Games, Ayim carried Canada's flag alongside Nathan Hirayama.
In high school, she was valedictorian at Saunders Secondary School in London, Ontario, and made the honor roll all four years. At Pepperdine, she set the school record for blocks with 182 and scored 1,377 points with 735 rebounds, both eighth-best in program history. She also became the first Pepperdine women's basketball player to earn All-West Coast Conference and All-Academic honors three times each.
Canada national team
Ayim first played for Canada at the 2007 FIBA Under-21 World Championship, where the team finished sixth and she averaged 6.2 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. She also competed at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship, finishing ninth while averaging 9.8 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Canada placed eighth, and Ayim averaged 1.2 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. She helped Canada earn a silver medal at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, averaging 8.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.
At the 2014 FIBA World Championship, she again averaged 8.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. In July 2015, Ayim was part of the Canadian team that went undefeated at the Pan American Games in Toronto, capturing the country's first-ever Pan American gold medal by defeating the United States 81–73 in front of a large home crowd. Later that summer, Canada won the 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship in Edmonton, going undefeated and qualifying directly for the 2016 Olympics.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Canada went 3–2 in group play before falling to France in the quarterfinals, finishing seventh. In 2017, Ayim captained Canada at the FIBA Women's AmeriCup in Buenos Aires, where the team went 6–0 and defended its Americas title with a gold medal win over Argentina.
She was named to the tournament's All-Star Five. At the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, Canada went 3–0 in group play but lost to host Spain in the quarterfinals, finishing seventh. Ayim competed in her third Olympics in 2021, serving as Canada's flag bearer alongside Nathan Hirayama.
Career statistics and honours
Medals
- Gold FIBA Women's AmeriCup — 2017 Buenos Aires
- Silver FIBA Women's AmeriCup — 2013 Mexico
- Gold Pan American Games — 2015 Toronto Team
Team Canada
| Year | Team Canada | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Youth | 5 | 12.40 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.29 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 2006 | Junior U18 | 8 | 13.13 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.45 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.1 |
| 2007 | Young U21 | 8 | 24.75 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 6.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 6.1 |
| 2007 | Junior U19 | 8 | 26.88 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 9.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 9.8 |
| 2008 | Development | 3 | 20.77 | 0.69 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 6.0 |
| 2010 | Senior | 9 | 12.29 | 0.36 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 2011 | Senior | 13 | 19.31 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0.69 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 6.6 |
| 2012 | Senior | 18 | 15.02 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.65 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 3.1 |
| 2013 | Senior | 18 | 20.76 | 0.41 | 0.25 | 0.70 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 7.1 |
| 2014 | Senior | 19 | 23.84 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.78 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 8.9 |
| 2015 | Senior | 17 | 19.19 | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 9.3 |
| 2016 | Senior | 17 | 21.27 | 0.47 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 8.4 |
| 2017 | Senior | 6 | 22.47 | 0.47 | 0.25 | 0.75 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 8.2 |
| 2018 | Senior | 15 | 22.56 | 0.54 | 0.43 | 0.79 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 10.3 |
Professional
| Year | Club | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | Alanya BLD | 22 | - | 31.7 | 0.484 | 0.000 | 0.764 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 12.8 |
| Tulsa Shock | 3 | 0 | 14.0 | 0.444 | — | 0.000 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.7 | |
| 2011–12 | Istanbul Uni | 16 | - | 26.4 | 0.430 | 0.000 | 0.520 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 9.4 |
| 2012–13 | Orduspor | 27 | - | 30.7 | 0.540 | 0.000 | 0.790 | 10.2 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 18.1 |
| 2013–14 | Toulouse | 23 | - | 31.3 | 0.496 | 0.000 | 0.877 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 14.5 |
| 2014-15 | Toulouse | 28 | - | 32.9 | 0.470 | 0.040 | 0.550 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 2015-16 | Basket Landes | 44 | - | 23.93 | 0.45 | 0.10 | 0.83 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 2016-17 | Basket Landes | 37 | - | 27.09 | 0.53 | 0.08 | 0.72 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 2017-18 | Basket Landes | 43 | - | 30.22 | 0.49 | 0.03 | 0.73 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 2018-19 | Basket Landes | 37 | - | 26.32 | 0.53 | 0.29 | 0.73 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
College
| Year | School | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | Pepperdine | 33 | 13 | 19.5 | 0.500 | - | 0.661 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 6.3 |
| 2007–08 | 28 | 28 | 31.5 | 0.557 | - | 0.727 | 8.7 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 13.1 | |
| 2008–09 | 28 | 27 | 27.9 | 0.464 | 0.333 | 0.765 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 11.5 | |
| 2009–10 | 32 | 32 | 32.2 | 0.447 | 0.192 | 0.702 | 6.7 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 15.0 | |
| Career | 121 | 100 | 27.6 | 0.484 | 0.219 | 0.712 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 11.4 | |
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Frequently Asked Questions
When and where was Miranda Ayim born?
Miranda Ayim was born on 6 May 1988 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada.
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Miranda Ayim's position is listed as Forward.
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