Name: Diana Taurasi

Position: Guard

Sport: Basketball

Height: 6-0

Weight: 155

DOB: 6/11/1982

Birthplace: Glendale, Calif.

Hometown: Chino, Calif.

High School: Chino High School (Chino, Calif.) '00

College: University of Connecticut '04, Sociology

Team/Club: Phoenix Mercury

Coach(es): Sandy Brondello

Olympic Experience

• Four-time Olympian (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016); four-time Olympic medalist (4 golds)
• Rio 2016 Olympic Games, gold
• London 2012 Olympic Games, gold
• Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, gold
• Athens 2004 Olympic Games, gold
• One of few players to have earned an Olympic gold medal, world championship gold medal, WNBA title and NCAA title
• Owns the U.S. Olympic record for most 3-point field goals made (8), a feat she accomplished three times in each of her Olympic appearances (2004, 2008, 2012)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2018 – gold
• Years of participation: 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
• Medals: 4 (3 golds, 1 bronze)
• Gold: 2010, 2014, 2018
• Bronze: 2006

Personal: Daughter of Mario Taurasi, who was born in Italy and raised in Argentina, and Liliana Taurasi, a native Argentinian...Has one older sister, Jessika...Family moved to southern California before she was born...Father, Mario, played professional soccer as a goalie...Speaks Spanish.

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