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==Notable Achievements== | ==Notable Achievements== | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | WNBA basketball player, being the first player signed on its creation. Three-time Olympic gold medal winner. | + | WNBA basketball player, being the first player signed on its creation. Three-time Olympic gold medal winner (1996, 2000, 2004) and two time World Champion (1998, 2002). Was the first WNBA three-time MVP and the first WNBA three-time Defensive Player of the Year. She was also a 6-time WNBA All-Star and even became the second WNBA player to be named the regular season MVP and the All-Star MVP in the same season. Former head coach, women's basketball team, Loyola University Chicago, to 2016. |
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
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| + | * [[LGBTQ Professional and Amateur Sports Coaches]] | ||
| + | * [[World Sports Champions Who Identify as LGBTQ]] | ||
| + | * [[LGBTQ Athletes Who Have Won Olympic Gold]] | ||
| + | * [[Lesbian Professional Basketball Players and Coaches]] | ||
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| + | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
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| + | * http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/sheryl_swoopes/ | ||
| + | * http://www.biography.com/people/sheryl-swoopes-9542142 | ||
| + | * http://www.wnba.com/news/sheryl_swoopes_head_coach_2013_12_16.html | ||
| + | * http://www.outsports.com/2016/7/5/12095662/sheryl-swoopes-fired-from-college-basketball-coaching-job-loyola | ||
Latest revision as of 12:23, 20 February 2022
Contents
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1971 -
Occupation
Sports
Notable Achievements
Olympic Gold, World Champion
Description
WNBA basketball player, being the first player signed on its creation. Three-time Olympic gold medal winner (1996, 2000, 2004) and two time World Champion (1998, 2002). Was the first WNBA three-time MVP and the first WNBA three-time Defensive Player of the Year. She was also a 6-time WNBA All-Star and even became the second WNBA player to be named the regular season MVP and the All-Star MVP in the same season. Former head coach, women's basketball team, Loyola University Chicago, to 2016.
See Also
- LGBTQ Professional and Amateur Sports Coaches
- World Sports Champions Who Identify as LGBTQ
- LGBTQ Athletes Who Have Won Olympic Gold
- Lesbian Professional Basketball Players and Coaches
