Kevin Wayne Durant is an American professional basketball player, born in 1988, who began his career with the Seattle SuperSonics and Oklahoma City Thunder from 2007 to 2016 before winning two NBA championships and two Finals Most Valuable Player awards with the Golden State Warriors in 2017 and 2018, and later playing for the Brooklyn Nets, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets. He won the 2014 NBA Most Valuable Player award and four scoring titles, has been selected to sixteen All-Star teams, and ranks fifth on the NBA's all time scoring list. He is the only male basketball player to win four Olympic gold medals, with the United States in 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024.
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Career HighlightFirst male athlete to win four Olympic gold medals in a team sport, in 2024 1 Classification
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Did Kevin Durant win gold at every Olympic Games he played in?
He won gold in all four Olympics he played in.
Yes. Olympedia lists Kevin Durant with four Olympic medals, all gold and none silver or bronze, from the men's basketball tournaments at the 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, each time with the United States. Olympedia also names the men's basketball event at London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016, Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 as one where the title was successfully defended in back to back Games.
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Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player
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Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player
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Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player
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In 2024, he became the first male athlete to win four Olympics gold medals in a team sport.
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Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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