- Born
- Birth nameDikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean Jacques Wamutombo
- Nickname
- Mount Mutombo
- Height7′ 2″ (2.18 m)
- Dikembe Mutombo is a Congolese American retired professional basketball player. Mutombo played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Outside basketball, he has become well known for his humanitarian work.
The 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m), 260-pound (120 kg) center, who began his career with the Georgetown Hoyas, is regarded as one of the greatest shot blockers and defensive players of all time, winning the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award four times; he was also an eight-time All-Star. On January 10, 2007, he surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the second most prolific shot blocker in NBA history, behind only Hakeem Olajuwon. He averaged a double-double for most of his career, and is 12th all-time in career double-doubles, and tied for second all-time in career triple doubles involving points, rebounds and blocks.
At the conclusion of the 2009 NBA playoffs, Mutombo announced his retirement. On September 11, 2015, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
He is the oldest player in NBA history to collect over 20 rebounds in a game (40 years old, March 2, 2007 vs. Denver Nuggets).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tango Papa
- SpouseRosario Mutumbo(June 15, 1996 - present) (2 children)
- Waggling his finger after blocking a shot
- Speaks English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and five African dialects.
- Dikembe and his wife, Rose, have one daughter, Carrie Biamba Wamutumbo, and a new baby boy, Jean Jacques Dikembe Mutumbo Mplombo, Jr
- Wears size 22 basketball shoes, the largest in the NBA (Shaquille O'Neal also wears the same size)
- In 1999, won the seventh annual Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award, presented to athletes who excel and help others
- Fulfilled a lifelong dream by opening the doors to the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital and Research Center while contributing 15 million dollars to the facility. The 300-bed hospital will provide health care to people in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Mutombo was born.
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