Brittney Griner

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Brittney Griner is an American professional basketball player and two-time Olympic gold medalist known for her dominant shot-blocking, dunking ability, and WNBA career with the Phoenix Mercury.

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Brittney Yevette Griner 1
Griner 1

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instanceOf WNBA player
human
professional basketball player
advocatesFor LGBTQ+ rights
prisoner rights and awareness
collegeAttended Baylor University
collegeTeam Baylor Lady Bears basketball
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1990-10-18
detainedIn Russia
detentionContext arrest at a Moscow airport on drug-related charges
detentionYear 2022
draftLeague Women’s National Basketball Association
surface form: WNBA
draftPickNumber 1
draftRound 1
draftTeam Phoenix Mercury
draftYear 2013
familyName Brittney Griner self-linksurface differs
surface form: Griner
fullName Brittney Griner self-linksurface differs
surface form: Brittney Yevette Griner
gender female
givenName Brittney
hasSpouse Cherelle Griner
height 206 cm
6 ft 9 in
isOpenlyLGBT true
jerseyNumber 42
knownFor being one of the few women to dunk regularly in games
league Women’s National Basketball Association
nationalTeam United States women's national basketball team
surface form: United States women’s national basketball team
NCAAAward AP Player of the Year
NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player
surface form: Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four
NCAANationalChampionship 2012 with Baylor
notableFor dominant interior defense
dunking ability
shot-blocking ability
OlympicGoldMedalist basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
placeOfBirth Houston
surface form: Houston, Texas, United States
playsSport basketball
positionPlayed center
previousSpouse Glory Johnson
releasedBy United States–Russia prisoner exchange
religion Christianity
returnedToTeam Phoenix Mercury after 2022 detention
setRecord NCAA women’s career blocks record
sexualOrientation lesbian
team Phoenix Mercury
WNBAAllStarSelection multiple times
WNBADefensivePlayerOfTheYearAward multiple times
WNBATeamDebut 2013 with Phoenix Mercury

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Brittney Griner fullName Brittney Griner self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Brittney Yevette Griner
Phoenix Mercury notablePlayer Brittney Griner