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Australia captured the bronze medal with a win over Belgium. [4] 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 ...
Five other individuals, all American, have won three golds – Katie Smith, Dawn Staley, Sheryl Swoopes, Seimone Augustus, and Breanna Stewart – and 23 other players, not including the previously mentioned, have won three medals. Two other American women, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young, are the only players to have won medals of any color in ...
The 2020 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXXII Olympiad which were held in Tokyo, Japan, and were delayed a year until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. women's Olympic team won their ninth gold medal, and seventh consecutive, at the event.
A'Ja Wilson of Team USA passes the ball while defended by Marieme Badiane of Team France during the women's gold medal final at the Paris Summer Olympics on Aug. 11, 2024. ... A Breanna Stewart ...
The U.S. women's basketball team had never been challenged during its 32-year run in the Olympics like the Americans were Sunday by France. “Maybe they won’t say it's just easy and we walk in ...
United States’ A’ja Wilson (9) shoots for a basket during a women’s gold medal basketball game between the United States and France at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug ...
The U.S. women's Olympic team won their eighth gold medal, and sixth consecutive, at the event. The United States defeated Spain in the gold medal final en route to their eighth victory at the event. It was also coach Geno Auriemma's second gold medal win at the Olympics as head coach; he also coached the 2012 women's Olympic team. [2]
Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) are the only two American women's basketball players to win five Olympic gold medals. Taurasi can become the first to earn six gold medals ...