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The 2024 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad held in Paris, France. Led by coach Cheryl Reeve, the team won its ninth gold medal, and eighth consecutive, at the event. [1]
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F: 1 Tayra Meléndez: 30 – () 29 October 1993 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Gigantes de Carolina: F: 2 Brianna Jones: 27 – () 9 February 1997
Diana Taurasi of the victorious American women's national team became the only basketball player with six Olympic gold medals, joining dressage equestrian Isabell Werth of Germany and Hungarian sabre fencer Aladar Gerevich as the only Olympians to win six gold medals in the same event. [5]
Her college championship game between Iowa and South Carolina averaged 18.9 million viewers, becoming the second most watched women’s sporting event, outside the Olympic Games, in the history of ...
The sport hasn't been particularly competitive at the Games over the years as Team USA has been dominant and is trying for an eighth straight Olympic gold. The Americans' streak dates back to the ...
In June 2024, Plum was named to the US women's Olympic team to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France, alongside fellow Aces teammates, Chelsea Gray, A'ja Wilson, and Jackie Young. [60] Plum and the United States defeated France 67–66 in the final , earning her first 5x5 gold medal and the United States' eighth consecutive gold medal ...
Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ** Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame *** Inducted into both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame Denotes player who is still active Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at ...
The USA Today Network Ohio team voted on the top 24 statewide high school girls basketball players going into the 2023-2024 season. Here they are. Ohio's best: The top 24 girls basketball players ...