Athletes

Michael Jordan

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Sport and Games Atlas. "Michael Jordan." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://sport.interactiveatlas.org/athletes/michael-jordan.

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Sport and Games Atlas. (n.d.). Michael Jordan. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://sport.interactiveatlas.org/athletes/michael-jordan

BibTeX

@misc{sportandgamesatlas-michael-jordan,
  author = {Sport and Games Atlas},
  title = {Michael Jordan},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://sport.interactiveatlas.org/athletes/michael-jordan},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

American basketball player, widely regarded as the greatest basketball player in history; led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships in the 1990s and won two Olympic gold medals with the United States national basketball team.

Facts

Birth Year

1963 1

Nationality

United States 1

Career Highlight

Six NBA championships and six NBA Finals Most Valuable Player awards with the Chicago Bulls; five time NBA Most Valuable Player; two Olympic gold medals, in 1984 and as part of the 1992 Dream Team. 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Competed In

Olympic Games

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Plays

Basketball

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Sources

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica

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