Name
Brittney Griner

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Born
1990 (34 years old)

Birth Place
Houston, Texas, U.S.

Position
Center

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
42

Height
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)

Weight
205 lb (93 kg)

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Sport
Basketball

Team
Phoenix Mercury

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United States Basketball Women

League
WNBA

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Brittney Yevette Griner (born October 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears in Waco, Texas. She is the only NCAA basketball player to both score 2,000 points and block 500 shots. In 2012, the three-time All-American was named the AP Player of the Year and the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four. Griner is one of 11 women to win an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA championship, a FIBA World Cup gold medal, and a WNBA championship.

In 2009, Griner was named the nation's No. 1 high school women's basketball player by Rivals.com. She was selected to the 2009 Phoenix Mercury All-American basketball team. In 2012, she received the Best Female Athlete ESPY Award. In 2013, Griner signed an endorsement deal with Nike. Standing 6 ft 9 in (206 cm) tall, Griner wears a men's U.S. size 17 shoe and has an arm span of 87.5 in (222 cm).

Griner led the United States women's national basketball team to victory at the Rio Olympics in 2016. In 2020, Griner protested the Star Spangled Banner and stated she would not be on the court while the national anthem was played during game openers. Griner was named to the United States women's national team for the 2020 Olympics, (held in 2021 in Tokyo, Japan), where she won her second gold medal.

In February 2022, Griner was detained by Russian customs officials after cartridges containing hashish oil were found in her luggage. She was later arrested on smuggling charges. Griner had been entering Russia to play with the Russian Premier League during the WNBA offseason. Her trial began on July 1, and she pleaded guilty to the charges. On August 4, she was sentenced to nine years in prison. In November 2022, Griner was transferred to the Russian penal colony IK-2. During this time, US officials stated that she was "wrongfully detained." On December 8, Griner was released by Russia in a prisoner exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who had served ten years of a 25-year sentence for providing heavy weapons to terrorists and conspiring to kill Americans.



Career Honours

Basketball Olympics Gold Women
2024

United States Basketball Women

WNBA All Star
2023

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA steals leader
2022

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA All Star
2022

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA steals leader
2021

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA blocks leader
2021

Phoenix Mercury

All-WNBA First Team
2021

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA All Star
2021

Phoenix Mercury

EuroLeague Women
2020-2021

UMMC Ekaterinburg Women

Basketball Olympics Gold Women
2020

United States Basketball Women

WNBA All Star
2019

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA peak performer
2019

Phoenix Mercury

All-WNBA First Team
2019

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA scoring champion
2019

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA blocks leader
2019

Phoenix Mercury

EuroLeague Women
2018-2019

UMMC Ekaterinburg Women

WNBA All Star
2018

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA blocks leader
2018

Phoenix Mercury

EuroLeague Women
2017-2018

UMMC Ekaterinburg Women

WNBA All Star
2017

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA peak performer
2017

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA scoring champion
2017

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA blocks leader
2017

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA blocks leader
2016

Phoenix Mercury

Basketball Olympics Gold Women
2016

United States Basketball Women

EuroLeague Women
2015-2016

UMMC Ekaterinburg Women

WNBA All Star
2015

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA blocks leader
2015

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
2015

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA All Star
2014

Phoenix Mercury

All-WNBA First Team
2014

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA blocks leader
2014

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
2014

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA
2014

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA All Star
2013

Phoenix Mercury

WNBA blocks leader
2013

Phoenix Mercury


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