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12 2020 Summer Olympics. 13 See also. ... USA wins gold medal [5] Overall record: 8–0 ... List of results of the United States women's basketball team at the Olympics.
Gold medal: Olympic Games 2024 Dawn Staley: 2020 6 6 0 100 Gold medal: Olympic Games 2020 Geno Auriemma: 2012, 2016 16 16 0 100 2 Gold medals: Olympic Games (2012, 2016) Tara VanDerveer: 1996 8 8 0 100 Gold medal: Olympic Games 1996 Nell Fortner: 2000 8 8 0 100 Gold medal: Olympic Games 2000 Van Chancellor: 2004 8 8 0 100 Gold medal: Olympic ...
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.
The United States women's national 3x3 team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top three finish at the 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. [33] Katie Lou Samuelson originally qualified as the fourth team member of the United States, but she tested positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by Jackie Young. [34] Team roster
In terms of gold medals, the women of Team USA dominated there too: 26 of the 40 total gold medals were in women's events, with female athletes earning 65% of the U.S.' golds.
As the women’s basketball team continues its quest for a record eighth straight gold medal, two of its biggest stars are actually leading the charge to support the 3x3 movement. Breanna Stewart ...
Swimmer Michael Phelps and President George W. Bush on August 10, 2008, at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing.Phelps is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. [11] [12] Dara Torres is the third-most decorated female American Olympic athlete after Jenny Thompson and Katie Ledecky, celebrated not only for her athletic achievements but also for defying age norms in competitive sports.
Thomas, 27, also won told in the women’s 200 meter dash and the women’s 4x100. Paris marks the first time she has won Olympic gold medals; in Tokyo she earned a silver (4x100 relay) and bronze ...