Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee is a retired American track and field athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the heptathlon as well as long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals in those two events at four different Olympic Games. Sports Illustrated for Women magazine voted Joyner-Kersee the Greatest Female Athlete of All-Time. She is on the Board of Directors for USA Track & Field (U.S.A.T.F.), the national governing body of the sport.
Uļjana Larionovna Semjonova is a retired Soviet-Latvian basketball player.
James Samuel Vincent is an American retired professional basketball player and coach.
The Senegal women's national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Senegal at world and continental basketball competitions for women. It is administered by the Fédération Sénégalaise de Basket-Ball.
Slovenia first participated as an independent nation at the Olympic Games at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, and the country has sent athletes to compete at every Games since then. The Slovenian Olympic Committee was established in 1991 and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 5 February 1992.
Mali sent a delegation of 17 athletes in 4 sports to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Most notable Malian participants are the 12 members of the Mali women's national basketball team winners of the FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007 and Daba Modibo Keita, the 2007 World Taekwondo Champion. The remaining four athletes are Mohamed Coulibaly and Mariam Pauline Keita in Swimming and Ibrahima Maiga and Kadiatou Camara in Track and Field events.
Mfon Sunday Udoka is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player and the new Assistant Coach of the Nigeria women's national basketball team the D'Tigress. Born in Portland, Oregon, Udoka graduated from Benson Polytechnic High School (1994) in Portland before attending DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois from 1994 to 1998. She is the sister of former NBA player Ime Udoka.
Naîgnouma Coulibaly is a Malian women's basketball player with Cavigal Nice Basket of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball and the Mali women's national basketball team. After winning the FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007, Coulibaly represented Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Kadidiatou Kanouté Tounkara OLY is a Malian women's basketball player. A member of the Mali women's national basketball team, Kanouté competed for Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Quanitra Hollingsworth is an American-Turkish professional basketball player for the Dynamo Kursk of the RPL.
Kadiatou Touré is a Malian women's basketball player. Toure competed for Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she scored 17 points in 5 games. She was born in Markala, Ségou Region on the Niger River.
Nassira Traoré is a Malian women's basketball player for US Colomiers. Traore competed for Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she did not score in 4 games.
Mariatou Diarra is a Malian women's basketball player. Diarra competed for Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she scored 2 in 3 games. She was born in Bamako and plays in Senegal for Dakar Université Club.
Fatoumata Bagayoko is a Malian women's basketball player. Bagayoko competed for Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she scored 21 in 5 games, including 8 points in the final loss to Spain. She was born in Bamako and plays for Djoliba AC women's basketball team.
Diana Gandega is a French-Malian women's basketball player. Gandega competed for Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she scored 15 in 5 games, including 8 points in the first match, a 4-point loss to New Zealand. Her younger sister Touty Gandega is also a basketball player.
The University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame includes over 300 former Florida Gators athletes who represented the University of Florida in one or more intercollegiate sports and were recognized as "Gator Greats" for their athletic excellence during their college sports careers. The University of Florida, located in Gainesville, Florida, is a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and fields twenty-one intercollegiate sports teams, all of which compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
Cynthia Jane "Cindy" Brogdon is an American former basketball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Brogdon was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.
Jasmina Perazić is a Serbian American basketball coach and a former basketball player. Perazić was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014. She is the current Head Coach of Division II Georgian Court University, a member of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC).
Aminata Sininta is a Malian women's basketball player. Sininta represented Mali, and competed as part of the women's national basketball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. During the tournament, she scored a total of twenty-four points in five group play games, including thirteen against the United States in the third match.
Djénébou Sissoko is a Malian women's basketball player. Sissoko represented Mali, and competed as part of the women's national basketball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. During the tournament, she scored a total of twenty-four points and thirty-two rebounds, including thirteen against the Czech Republic, in five group play games.
