Joakim Noah

What I admire about Joakim Noah is that he built his legacy on grit rather than glamour. A 211 cm New Yorker who suited up for France, he won back-to-back NCAA titles at Florida before becoming a defensive cornerstone for the Bulls, capped by the 2014 Defensive Player of the Year award. In an era obsessed with scoring, he made hustle, passion and elite defense feel cool again. The 2015 Citizenship Award tells me he poured the same energy into his community. To me he is proof that intensity and heart can carry a career as far as raw talent.

Name (English)

Joakim Noah

Name (Japanese)

ジョアキム・ノア

Reading

じょあきむ・のあ

Born

February 25, 1985 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Ox

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Height

211 cm

Occupation

basketball player

University

University of Florida

Awards & achievements

• 2013 NBA All-Defensive Team
• 2014 NBA All-Defensive Team
• 2014 All-NBA Team
• 2014 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
• 2015 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award

• Official sitehttp://www.joakimnoahonline.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/stickity13/
• Xhttps://x.com/JoakimNoah
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joakim%20Noah
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8E%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311735

Tags

• New York
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-17

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