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Brittney Griner. Brittney Yvette Griner (/ ˈɡraɪnər /; born October 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). [1] She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. women's national basketball team [2][3] and a six-time WNBA All-Star. [4]
Brittney Griner’s Olympic story is a real-life hero’s journey. Jackie Powell. August 11, 2024 at 1:23 PM. Gold medalist Brittney Griner of Team United States bites her medal during the Women's ...
Here's why. Brittney Griner, alongside Team USA women's basketball teammates Jackie Young and Alyssa Thomas, became emotional during the gold medal ceremony as the national anthem played Aug. 11 ...
Griner averaged 7.3 points and 4.3 rebounds off the bench during the Olympics. She scored four points in the final that came down to the final shot as the United States survived for a one-point ...
Viktor Bout and Brittney Griner. On December 8, 2022, Russia and the United States conducted a 1-for-1 prisoner exchange, trading Brittney Griner, an American basketball player, for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer. Griner, a WNBA champion star and Team USA Olympic athlete, had been convicted of smuggling and possession of cannabis in Russia ...
The USA Basketball Women's National Team, [2] commonly known as Team USA, is governed by USA Basketball and competes in FIBA Americas. The team is by far the most successful in international women's basketball, having won 10 out of the 12 Olympic tournaments it has entered. It has also won 9 of the last 12 World Cups (including the last 4), and ...
Here's how the U.S. women have performed since 1976, when women’s basketball debuted at the Montreal Olympics: 2020, Tokyo: Gold (90–75 win over Japan) 2016, Rio: Gold (101–72 win over Spain)
2024 United States women's Olympic basketball team. Head coach. Cheryl Reeve. ← 2020. 2028 →. The 2024 United States women's Olympic basketball team will compete in the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad which will be held in Paris, France. The team will be led by Cheryl Reeve.