Teresa Edwards 2008 U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame

Teresa Edwards former USA Womens Basketball Team Olympian has been selected by the USA Olympic committee as an Olympic Hall of Fame Finalist for 2008. Edwards is a five-time Olympian.

The public is welcome to vote online for Teresa Edwards at the US Olympic Hall of Fame website (http://usolympichalloffame.com ). "Six individual Olympians, one Olympic team and one Paralympian, along with a coach, a veteran and a special contributor, will be honored during the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony."

The ceremony will be held in Chicago on June 19th at the Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater. It will be nationally televised in the USA and fans will be able to re-live those special moments when those nominees are chosen.

Quick Profile

• The most decorated Olympic basketball player on the planet, men or women, owning four gold medals and one bronze medal in five Olympics.
  
  
• The USA's only five-time Olympic basketball player and one of only three five-time Olympic basketball athletes in the world to ever play the game (Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, no medals; Andrew Gaze, Australia, no medals)
  
  
• The only female U.S. Olympian to win a gold medal in four different Olympiads
  
  
• The youngest (1984) and oldest (2000) U.S. Olympic women's basketball player to ever win a gold medal.