Duop Reath

Duop Reath's story is the kind that recalibrates your sense of what's possible. Born in Waat, in South Sudan's Jonglei region, he made his way to Australia, climbed through Lee College and LSU, won Olympic bronze with the Boomers in Tokyo, and reached the NBA with the Trail Blazers. That arc, from a small town in a war-torn nation to the world's premier basketball league, is staggering, and I don't think it gets enough attention. What moves me most is the sheer improbability of every step holding together. He reads to me as proof that a single sport can redraw an entire life, and I'll always pull for players like him.

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Name (English)

Duop Reath

Name (Japanese)

ドゥオップ・リース

Reading

どぅおっぷ・りーす

Born

June 26, 1996 (age 30)

Origin

Waat, Jonglei, South Sudan

Height

206 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rat

High school

Girrawheen Senior High School

University

Lee College

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duop%20Reath
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%82%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55956317

Tags

• Jonglei
• basketball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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