Brittney Griner
Brittney Yvette Griner is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. women's national basketball team and a six-time WNBA All-Star. Griner was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023.
Some of the key events about Brittney Griner
- 2009Led Nimitz High School to the Texas 5A girls basketball state championship
- 2012Named the AP Player of the Year and the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four in women's college basketball
- 2012Arrested for assault after an altercation with then-fiancée Glory Johnson
- 2013Selected as the first overall pick in the 2013 WNBA Draft by the Phoenix Mercury
- 2013Suspended for one game after punching an opponent during a WNBA game
- 2014Won the WNBA championship with the Phoenix Mercury
- 2015Arrested for disorderly conduct and assault following a domestic dispute with Glory Johnson
- 2015Suspended for seven games by the WNBA following the domestic violence arrest
- 2016Won a gold medal as part of the U.S. women's basketball team at the Rio Olympics
- 2018Named WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
- 2019Set a WNBA single-season record with 8 dunks
- 2019Suspended for three games after involvement in an on-court altercation
- 2020Won her second WNBA Defensive Player of the Year award
- 2021Won a second Olympic gold medal with the U.S. women's basketball team at the Tokyo Olympics
- 2022Released from Russian detention in a prisoner swap after being wrongfully detained for nearly 10 months
- 2022Arrested at a Moscow airport for allegedly carrying vape cartridges containing hashish oil
- 2022Pleaded guilty to drug charges in a Russian court
- 2022Sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony for drug smuggling
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