FIBA Women's Summer Olympics Most Valuable Player

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The FIBA Women's Summer Olympics Most Valuable Player is an award for the sport of basketball, that is given by FIBA, to the player that is voted the Most Valuable Player of the Summer Olympic Games women's basketball tournament.

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FIBA Women's Summer Olympics MVPs

Denotes player whose team won that years tournament
*Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
**Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
***Inducted into both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame
Denotes player who is still active
Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time
Team (X)Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time
YearPlayerPositionNational TeamRef.
2020 Breanna Stewart PF Flag of the United States.svg  United States [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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  1. ↑ "MVP Stewart leads All-Star Five at the Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament in Tokyo". FIBA. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "FIBA names Tokyo Olympics all-stars, including MVPs Kevin Durant, Breanna Stewart". sports.yahoo.com. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Breanna Stewart: Whirlwind week wraps up wonder summer for basketball star". olympics.com. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "USA dominates the Olympic Women's tournament". eurohoops.net. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Emma Meesseman elected as top scorer in All Star Five of…". archysport.com. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Emma Meesseman verkozen tot All-Star Five op de Olympische Spelen". sporza.be. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
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