Teresa Edwards

Teresa Edwards, born on July 19, 1964, is an American former women's basketball player who won four Olympic gold medals. A native of Cairo, Georgia, she scored 1,982 points in high school, then played point guard at the University of Georgia, where she was a two-time All-American and led the team to the Final Four in 1983 and 1985. She made her first Olympic team in 1984 as the youngest member of the squad. After college she played in Italy, Japan, Spain and France, starred and coached for the Atlanta Glory in the American Basketball League, and joined the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA at age 38. She later worked as a coach and broadcast analyst, served as the United States Olympic Committee's chef de mission for the 2012 Games, and has been inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, the FIBA Hall of Fame and, twice, the Naismith Hall of Fame.