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Sheryl Swoopes

1971 - Today

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Sheryl Denise Swoopes (born March 25, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game. Swoopes has won three Olympic gold medals and is one of eleven women's basketball players to have won an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a FIBA World Cup gold, and a WNBA title. She was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Sheryl Swoopes is the 1,323rd most popular basketball player (down from 1,271st in 2024), the 19,348th most popular biography from United States (down from 18,473rd in 2019) and the 705th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Sheryl Swoopes ranks 1,323 out of 1,757. Before her are Luke Ridnour, Jeffery Taylor, Elisa Aguilar, Chandler Parsons, Nikoloz Tskitishvili, and Niels Giffey. After her are Nazr Mohammed, Edin Bavčić, Blake Schilb, Milko Bjelica, Kamie Ethridge, and O. J. Mayo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Sheryl Swoopes ranks 1,246. Before her are Fernando Zavala, Scott Menville, Adam Foote, John Roberts, Kris Aquino, and Frank Amankwah. After her are Ramon Vega, Michaela Watkins, Ricardo Ismael Rojas, Karl Deisseroth, Sukhwinder Singh, and Tim Austin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sheryl Swoopes ranks 19,356 out of 20,380. Before her are Chandler Parsons (1988), Maria Bartiromo (1967), Krayzie Bone (1973), Edoardo Ballerini (1970), Regina Jacobs (1963), and Jerry Finn (1969). After her are Diane Dixon (1964), A. J. Langer (1974), Win Butler (1980), Shane Harper (1993), Chris Drury (1976), and Timothy Goebel (1980).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Sheryl Swoopes ranks 705. Before her are Kendrick Perkins (1984), Iman Shumpert (1990), Suzie McConnell-Serio (1966), Jordan Nwora (1998), Luke Ridnour (1981), and Chandler Parsons (1988). After her are Nazr Mohammed (1977), Blake Schilb (1983), Kamie Ethridge (1964), O. J. Mayo (1987), Lance Stephenson (1990), and Langston Galloway (1991).

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