Brittney Griner
Sign in to saveAmerican basketball player (born 1990)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1990-10-18
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Coming Home
- In My Skin
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Film & TV
Acting · Houston, Texas, USA
Brittney Yevette 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.
Known for
- The Brittney Griner Story — Self2026
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self (archive footage)2018
- Brittney Griner: Lifesize — Self2014
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 3
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,355x
- Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia
· 2022 · cited 2,519x
- Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21
· 2022 · cited 1,486x
- A bright monomeric green fluorescent protein derived from Branchiostoma lanceolatum
· 2013 · cited 1,393x
- Infection-induced NETosis is a dynamic process involving neutrophil multitasking in vivo
· 2012 · cited 1,017x
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Quotes
- “The real Brittney has definitely come out. Earlier today, shedding tears, crying, just goofing off, being a big kid. I have a lot of personality. I got speechless today and couldn’t talk, and you know, everybody just thinks I’m this hard person from the way I play on the court or I’m just a certain way, but I’m just the biggest kid.”
- “Just never backing down from a challenge, always embracing your own image. I’m a different player. I’m a different person — large feet, big hands. I don’t have a soft voice. People say I have a deep voice, and yeah, I do. I’m just so comfortable with it and if I can just give that back to the younger generation and younger girls, and younger guys that are different as well. Anybody that’s different, be who you are. You never want to change that.”
- “Just as basketball doesn't define who I am, neither does being gay. But that doesn't mean life was easy growing up. I was bullied in every way imaginable, but the worst was the verbal abuse.”
- “You can't control injuries, but you can control how hard you work to come back. I was able to lock in and do what I needed to do.”
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Key facts
- 2025
- Phantom BC
- Position
- Center
- League
- WNBA
- Born
- ( 1990-10-18 ) October 18, 1990 (age 35) , Houston , Texas , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 9 in (206 cm)
- Listed weight
- 219 lb (99 kg)
- High school
- Nimitz (Houston, Texas)
- College
- Baylor (2009–2013)
- Wnba draft
- 2013 : 1st round, 1st overall pick
- Drafted by
- Phoenix Mercury
- Playing career
- 2013–present
- 2013 2024
- Phoenix Mercury
- 2013 2014
- Zhejiang Golden Bulls
Key dates
- Born
- 18 October 1990
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Educated at
- Baylor University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
Article
Griner accepting Wade Trophy at the WBCA Awards show in Denver Colorado 2012 Brittney Yvette Griner (/ˈɡraɪnər/; born October 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the Vinyl of Unrivaled. She is a three-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.
In 2009, Griner was named the nation's No. 1 high school women's basketball player by Rivals.com. She was selected to the 2009 All-American basketball team. She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears in Waco, Texas. She had a breakout junior year in 2012, as the three-time All-American was named the AP Player of the Year, the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four, led Baylor in winning the National Championship, and won the Best Female Athlete ESPY Award. Griner is also the only NCAA basketball player to both score 2,000 points and block 500 shots.
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