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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Sheryl Swoopes is the 1,236th most popular basketball player (up from 1,269th in 2019), the 18,565th most popular biography from United States (down from 18,478th in 2019) and the 673rd most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Sheryl Swoopes ranks 1,236 out of 1,757. Before her are Jordan Nwora, Luke Ridnour, Jeffery Taylor, Chandler Parsons, Nikoloz Tskitishvili, and Niels Giffey. After her are Nazr Mohammed, Blake Schilb, O. J. Mayo, Jaka Blažič, Lance Stephenson, and Samuel Dalembert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Sheryl Swoopes ranks 1,042. Before her are Hynden Walch, Fernando Zavala, Scott Menville, Adam Foote, John Roberts, and Kris Aquino. After her are Ramon Vega, Michaela Watkins, Ricardo Ismael Rojas, Sukhwinder Singh, Peter Billingsley, and Leanne Wood.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sheryl Swoopes ranks 18,573 out of 20,380. Before her are Shannon Boxx (1977), Misty Upham (1982), Desirae Krawczyk (1994), Chandler Parsons (1988), Krayzie Bone (1973), and Jerry Finn (1969). After her are Diane Dixon (1964), A. J. Langer (1974), Shane Harper (1993), Chris Drury (1976), Timothy Goebel (1980), and Matt Harding (1976).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Sheryl Swoopes ranks 673. Before her are Rafer Alston (1976), Kendrick Perkins (1984), Iman Shumpert (1990), Jordan Nwora (1998), Luke Ridnour (1981), and Chandler Parsons (1988). After her are Nazr Mohammed (1977), Blake Schilb (1983), O. J. Mayo (1987), Lance Stephenson (1990), Langston Galloway (1991), and Greg Anthony (1967).

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