Teresa Edwards is the most decorated Olympic basketball player on the planet, male or female, with four gold medals and one bronze medal in five Olympics. She is the USA’s only five-time Olympic basketball player and one of only three five-time Olympic basketball players in the world, joining Oscar Schmidt of Brazil and Andrew Gaze of Australia. She is also one of only three U.S. Olympians to win gold in four different Olympic Games, joining former teammate Lisa Leslie and sprinter Carl Lewis. Only five other non-U.S. athletes have accomplished that feat.

Edwards played on the 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 U.S. Olympic Teams. Those teams combined to achieve a 31-1 record. Only the 1992 team failed to win gold, falling in the semifinals to the Unified Team, but still salvaged bronze.

 
• Most decorated basketball player in Olympic history (four golds, one bronze)
• Youngest (1984, 20 years old) and oldest (2000, 36 years old) U.S. women’s basketball player to win an Olympic gold medal
• Member of the historic 1996 U.S. Olympic Team and 1995-96 USA Basketball Women’s National Team that compiled a combined 60-0 record and was named the 1996 U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Basketball Team of the Year
• USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year a record four times (1987, 1990, 1996, 2000)
• Took Olympic Oath on behalf of all Olympic competitors at 1996 Opening Ceremony