Basketball player Steeve Louissaint was born 39 years ago

Steeve Louissaint, a Swiss basketball player of Haitian descent, was born 39 years ago, on November 11, 1987, in Yverdon-les-Bains.

A family of basketball players

The eldest of three brothers, including Gardner and Axel Louissaint, all of whom are basketball players, he inherited his passion for the orange ball from his family. In 2001, he joined the youth ranks of US Yverdon Basket. He then went through the training centers of Chalon-sur-Saône, Strasbourg, Neuchâtel, and Boncourt, before joining the national team in 2006.

Cup finals

With BBC Monthey, he reached the Swiss Cup final in 2012, losing 76-74 to Lugano. That same year, he organized a one-on-one tournament with judoka Matthieu Pahud to benefit the GZAH, which helps victims of the earthquake in Haiti. After moving to Union Neuchâtel Basket, he won the Swiss Cup in 2013 by beating Massagno 89-85, his first major national title.

In the Swiss jersey

In August 2012, he played in the qualifiers for Eurobasket 2013, notably in a 76-51 victory against Albania. In July 2013, he joined the Lions de Genève. A back injury subsequently kept him out of the qualifiers for Eurobasket 2015. In February 2014, he led Geneva to the Swiss Cup final.