Chanan Colman

Chanan Safir Colman (; born March 10, 1984) is a Danish-Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israel Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Chipola before playing professionally in Finland, Israel, Denmark. Colman was named the Finnish League Finals MVP in 2006 and the Danish League MVP in 2012. Personal life Colman was born in Gladsaxe, Denmark to an Israeli mother and an American Jewish father. He started playing basketball when he was 9 years old. During an interview in 2017, Chanan revealed that he speaks a total of three languages; Danish, English and Hebrew. Since 2014, Colman has run a basketball camp for children in Denmark aged 8-19, named Camp Colman, which hosts hundreds of children each year. In 2021, Colman began dating British singer/songwriter Jessie J. On January 6, 2023, the couple announced they are expecting their first baby together later in the year. Their son, Sky Safir Cornish Colman, was born in May 2023.