Michael Olowokandi

UMichael Olowokandi (owazalwa ngomhla ka-3 Ephreli 1975) ungumdlali we- basketball wangaphambili waseNigeria.Wazalelwa eLagos, eNigeria futhi wakhulela eLondon, wadlala ngokubambisana kumaPacific Tigers aseStockton, eCalifornia.U-Olowokandi wakhethwa njengokhetho lokuqala jikelele lwe- NBA 1998 yiLos Angeles Clippers .Udlale ngokomsebenzi kwaze kwaba ngu-2007, lapho aphoqeleka khona ukuthi athathe umhlalaphansi ngenxa yokulimala kanzima kwe- hernia nokulimala edolweni.

Ngenxa yomsebenzi wakhe ophansi, uthathwa njengomunye wamabhasi okusalungiswa amakhulu emlandweni we-NBA.

Iminyaka yokuqala

U-Olowokandi wazalelwa eLagos, eNigeria, njengezibulo ezinganeni ezinhlanu.Uyise, uHezekeli, wayengummeli waseNigeria.Umndeni wakhe wathuthela eLondon ngenkathi eyi-4.U-Olowokandi unesakhamuzi saseNigeria futhi akazange abe nepasipoti yaseBrithani kusukela ngo-2004.

U-Olowokandi wabe esengena eBrunel University njengomphathi wezobunjiniyela, lapho ayengumgijimi kwezokugijima nasenkundleni, ikhilikithi, kanye nomanyano wombhoxo.Ube ne-tryout neThames Valley Tigers yeBudweiser Basketball League kodwa wangayithola inkontileka.

Isisa

Ngo-2001, u-Olowokandi nozakwabo eqenjini le-Clippers babamba iqhaza kwi-BasketBowl Challenge eKeystone Lanes eNorwalk, ukuqoqa imali yeLos Angeles Clippers Foundation ne- Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

Ngesikhathi Sokubonga sango-2006, u-Olowokandi wanikela ngesikhathi sakhe esibhedlela i- Boston Children's Hospital waphaka wadla nabantu abangaphezu kwama-200 abangenamakhaya ePine Street Inn eBoston.Ubuye wanikela ezinhlanganweni zosizo ezahlukahlukene nasezibhedlela, kufaka phakathi imali engaphezulu kwama- $ 100,000 ku- Children's Hospital Los Angeles ukuze kufakwe i-incubator entsha yezinsana ezisanda kuzalwa.Iningi lezinhlelo zika-Olowokandi zosizo azidalulwanga futhi zenziwa ngasese ngaphandle kokusebenzisana kwamaqembu akhe.