Brittney Griner

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WNBA player human professional basketball player

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