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Lindsay Whalen

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Born
1982 (42 years old)

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Hutchinson, Minnesota

Position
Point Guard

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5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Weight
173 lb (78 kg)

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Lindsay Marie Whalen (born May 9, 1982) is the head coach of the University of Minnesota's women's basketball team.

She began her professional career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Whalen has won World titles and two Olympic gold medals with the United States women's national basketball team, as well as four WNBA championships with the Minnesota Lynx. Whalen was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022.

In 2018, she took over coaching duties at the University of Minnesota, while continuing to play for the Lynx in the WNBA. She retired from playing professional basketball at the end of the 2018 season as the WNBA's career leader in games won (323).

Career Honours

Basketball Hall of Fame 2022 _Retired Basketball	WNBA 2017 Minnesota Lynx	Basketball Olympics Gold Women 2016 United States Basketball Women	WNBA 2015 Minnesota Lynx
WNBA All Star 2015 Minnesota Lynx	WNBA All Star 2014 Minnesota Lynx	FIBA EuroCup Women 2013-2014 WBC Dynamo Moscow	WNBA 2013 Minnesota Lynx
WNBA All Star 2013 Minnesota Lynx	All-WNBA First Team 2013 Minnesota Lynx	WNBA peak performer 2012 Minnesota Lynx	Basketball Olympics Gold Women 2012 United States Basketball Women
WNBA 2011 Minnesota Lynx	WNBA All Star 2011 Minnesota Lynx	All-WNBA First Team 2011 Minnesota Lynx	WNBA peak performer 2011 Minnesota Lynx
All-WNBA First Team 2008 Connecticut Sun	WNBA peak performer 2008 Connecticut Sun	WNBA All Star 2006 Connecticut Sun