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Penny Taylor

1981 - Today

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Penelope Jane Taylor (born 24 May 1981) is an Australian former professional basketball player and assistant coach. During her 19-year career, Taylor spent the most time with the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, where she won three championships. She also won the WNBL title with her first club, the Australian Institute of Sport, and played in China, Italy, Turkey and Russia. As part of the Australian woman's national team, Taylor won two Olympic medals and led the Australian Opals to a gold medal at the World Championships, winning tournament MVP honours ahead of teammate Lauren Jackson. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Penny Taylor is the 1,399th most popular basketball player (down from 1,357th in 2024), the 992nd most popular biography from Australia (down from 911th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Australian Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Penny Taylor ranks 1,399 out of 1,757. Before her are Marijonas Petravičius, Kevin Pangos, Dragan Bender, Frank Ntilikina, Jonathan Kuminga, and Matt Barnes. After her are André Roberson, Théo Maledon, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Valériane Vukosavljević, Christian Wood, and Jordan Theodore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Penny Taylor ranks 1,457. Before her are Fumiya Iwamaru, Lance Cade, Piti, Vencelas Dabaya, Micah Sloat, and Adriana Araújo. After her are Osvaldo Díaz, Moisés Dueñas, Monsef Zerka, Georg Streitberger, Richard Garcia, and Natalya Korostelyova.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Penny Taylor ranks 992 out of 1,143. Before her are Kathryn Mitchell (1982), Matthew Dellavedova (1990), Massimo Luongo (1992), Jessica Ashwood (1993), Andrew Kratzmann (1971), and Alisa Camplin (1974). After her are Nicole Pratt (1973), Andrew Florent (1970), Cameron McEvoy (1994), Maeve Dermody (1985), Samantha Riley (1972), and Levi Miller (2002).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Australia

Among basketball players born in Australia, Penny Taylor ranks 19. Before her are Kristi Harrower (1975), Samantha Richards (1983), Aleks Marić (1984), Matthew Nielsen (1978), Allison Tranquilli (1972), and Matthew Dellavedova (1990). After her are Nathan Jawai (1986), Andrew Gaze (1965), Jenny Whittle (1973), Trisha Fallon (1972), Josh Giddey (2002), and Sandy Brondello (1968).

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