Sheryl Swoopes
  Sheryl Swoopes
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| Full name | Sheryl Denise Swoopes | |
| birthday | March 25, 1971 (49 years 159 days) | |
| place of birth |
Brownfield , Texas , United States
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| size | 183 cm | |
| position | Guard | |
| college | Texas Tech University | |
| Jersey number | 22nd | |
| Clubs as active | ||
| 2004-2005 |
 VBM-SGAU Samara
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| 2005-2006 |
 Taranto Cras Basket
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| WNBA clubs as active | ||
| 1997-2007 |
Houston Comets
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| 2008 |
Seattle Storm
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| 2011 |
Tulsa Shock
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| 1 As of September 16, 2014 | ||
Sheryl Denise Swoopes (born March 25, 1971 in Brownfield , Texas , United States ) is a former professional basketball player . She celebrated her greatest successes with the Houston Comets in the Women's National Basketball Association and the US national team .
Career
society
Sheryl Swoopes played in the WNBA for a long time with the Houston Comets and only moved to another club late. With the team from Houston, she was able to win four WNBA championships and also win many individual awards, including three times the MVP award of the WNBA.
She was chosen for her achievements in the WNBA both in 2006 in the WNBA All-Decade Team consisting of ten players and in 2011 for the 15th anniversary of the league as one of the WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time . In 2016 she was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .
National team
She won the Olympic gold medal three times with the American women's basketball team (1996, 2000 and 2004) and the 2002 World Basketball Championship.
Others
In 1993 she was honored with the Associated Press Athlete of the Year award .
Swoopes is the first woman in basketball after whom a sports shoe from the sporting goods manufacturer Nike was named: "Air Swoopes".
Swoopes is openly gay.
See also
Web links
- Sheryl Swoopes in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . On: Hoophall website; Springfield, MA, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018 (in English).
- WNBA player profile
- Statistics about the player on basketball-reference.com (engl.)
- FIBA overview of participation in international tournaments
- FIBA Europe overview of participation in European tournaments
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Swoopes, Sheryl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Swoopes, Sheryl Denise (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brownfield , Texas |