# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chiney-ogwumike
# Generated: 2026-09-01T00:28:54.149Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chiney-ogwumike"
name: "Chiney Ogwumike"
slug: "chiney-ogwumike"
description: "Chinenye Joy \"Chiney\" Ogwumike is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In 2020, she became the first black woman and the first WNBA player to host a national radio show for ESPN. She was one of the first and youngest commentators ever to be named an NBA analyst for the network covering the NBA, WNBA, and variety of sports, while simultaneously playing in the WNBA. Chiney is a graduate of Stanford University, where she majored in International relations. She played in three Final Fours and finished as the conference leader in scoring and rebounding as of January 3, 2014. As of 2016, Ogwumike was elected vice-president of the WNBA Players Association, and signed an endorsement deal with Adidas. In May 2018, Ogwumike signed a multi-year contract with ESPN to become a full-time basketball analyst."
tagline: "American basketball player (born 1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chiney_Ogwumike.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1992-03-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.05
  momentum:             20.2079820123665
  historical:           12.10731333333333
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6095125/"
    handle:    "nm6095125"
sources:
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    title: "Огвумике, Чини"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تشيني أوغوميك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تشينى اوجوميك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiney_Ogwumike"
    title: "Chiney Ogwumike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiney_Ogwumike"
    title: "Chiney Ogwumike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiney_Ogwumike"
    title: "Chiney Ogwumike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiney_Ogwumike"
    title: "Chiney Ogwumike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%87"
    title: "چینی اوگومویکه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiney_Ogwumike"
    title: "Chiney Ogwumike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiney_Ogwumike"
    title: "Chiney Ogwumike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiney_Ogwumike"
    title: "Chiney Ogwumike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiney_Ogwumike"
    title: "Chiney Ogwumike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13562617"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2343027"
    title: "Chiney Ogwumike"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump