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Brittney Griner

Brittney Griner
Griner with the Phoenix Mercury in 2019
No. 42 – Phoenix Mercury
PositionCenter
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1990-10-18) October 18, 1990 (age 33)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 9 in (206 cm)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolNimitz (Houston, Texas)
CollegeBaylor (2009–2013)
WNBA draft2013: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–presentPhoenix Mercury
2013–2014Zhejiang Golden Bulls
2014–2015Beijing Great Wall
2015–2022UMMC Ekaterinburg
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 Turkey
Gold medal – first place 2018 Spain
Brittney Griner accepting Wade Trophy at the WBCA Awards show in Denver Colorado 2012

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 two-time Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. women's national basketball team[2] and a six-time WNBA All-Star.[3] She was additionally named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023.[4]

In 2009, Griner was named the nation's No. 1 high school women's basketball player by Rivals.com.[5] She was selected to the 2009 All-American basketball team.[6] She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears in Waco, Texas.[7][8] She had a breakout junior year in 2012, as the three-time All-American was named the AP Player of the Year, the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four, led Baylor in winning the National Championship, and won the Best Female Athlete ESPY Award. Griner is also the only NCAA basketball player to both score 2,000 points and block 500 shots.[9]

Professionally, Griner was selected as the first overall pick in 2013 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury, with whom she won the 2014 WNBA championship.[10] Standing 6 ft 9 in (206 cm) tall, Griner wears a men's U.S. size 17 shoe and has an arm span of 87.5 in (222 cm).[11][5]

Griner led the U.S. national women's basketball team to victory at the Rio Olympics in 2016.[12] In 2020, Griner protested "The Star-Spangled Banner" and stated she would not be on the court while the national anthem was played during game openers.[13][14] Griner was named to the national team for the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 in Tokyo), where she won her second gold medal.[2] She is also a two-time FIBA Women's World Cup winner with Team USA (2014 and 2018).

On February 17, 2022, Griner was detained and arrested on smuggling charges by Russian customs officials after cartridges containing less than a gram of medically prescribed hash oil,[15] illegal in Russia, were found in her luggage. She had been playing basketball with the Russian Premier League during the WNBA off-season. Her trial began on July 1 and she plead guilty to the charges. On August 4, she was sentenced to nine years in prison.[16] In November 2022, Griner was transferred to the Russian penal colony IK-2.[17] US officials stated that she was "wrongfully detained".[18] On December 8, Griner was released in a prisoner exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.[19] She made her return to the WNBA in May 2023, receiving a standing ovation from the audience.[20]

  1. ^ "Brittney Griner". Official Site of the WNBA. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Brittney Griner", United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Retrieved December 12, 2022
  3. ^ "Brittney Griner", WNBA.com. Retrieved December 12, 2022
  4. ^ "Time 100". Time. April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Jeff Fedotin, Griner named nation's no. 1 player Archived March 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Yahoo Sports. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  6. ^ "McDonald's Girls All-American Teams Announced". Maxpreps.com. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  7. ^ "Houston rocket: Nimitz 6–6 sophomore "Brittney Griner is taking off"". Sports Illustrated. January 16, 2007. Archived from the original on January 26, 2007. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  8. ^ Griner, Brittney. "Baylor Women's Basketball Player Bio". Baylorbears.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  9. ^ Longman, Jeré (March 19, 2013). "Brittney Griner's Final Season Draws Applause and Crowds". The New York Times. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  10. ^ Taylor, Derrick Bryson (October 28, 2020). "Brittney Griner Signs Endorsement Deal with Nike". Essence.
  11. ^ "Brittney Griner". WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  12. ^ "Brittney Griner". Team USA. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  13. ^ "Brittney Griner: National anthem has no place in WNBA, sports". yahoo.com. July 27, 2020. Archived from the original on December 9, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  14. ^ Boren, Cindy (July 28, 2020). "Brittney Griner, Brianna Turner call for WNBA to stop playing national anthem this season". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
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  18. ^ "Mural of Brittney Griner, other detained Americans unveiled in Georgetown". The Washington Post. July 20, 2022. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  19. ^ "Brittney Griner released by Russia in 1-for-1 prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout". CBS News. December 9, 2022.
  20. ^ "Griner returns to basketball with Oregon supporters". www.streetroots.org. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
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