Sue Bird
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Born
1980 (45 years old)
Syosset, New York, U.S.Position
Point Guard
Status
Active
Ethnicity
White
Team Number
10
Height
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight
150 lb (68 kg)
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Suzanne Brigit Bird (born October 16, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who played her entire career with the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Bird was drafted by the Storm first overall in the 2002 WNBA draft and is considered to be one of the greatest players in WNBA history. As of 2021, Bird is the only WNBA player to win titles in three different decades. She held a front office position for the NBA's Denver Nuggets as their Basketball Operations Associate. She has also played for three teams in Russia. She holds both U.S. and Israeli citizenship.
In high school, she was the New York State Player of the Year, the New York Daily News Player of the Year, and a WBCA All-American. In her senior year on the undefeated University of Connecticut team in 2002, she won the Wade Trophy and the Naismith Award as College Player of the Year. She finished her UConn career ranked first in three-point field goal percentage and free throw percentage, second in assists and steals, and as a three-time winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top point guard in the nation, while leading her team to a record of 114–4.
Bird has won a joint-record four WNBA championships with the Storm (2004, 2010, 2018, 2020), a historic five Olympic gold medals (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020), two NCAA Championships with UConn (2000, 2002); and four FIBA World Cups (2002, 2010, 2014, 2018). She is one of only 11 women to attain all four accolades. She is also a five-time EuroLeague Women champion (2007-2010, 2013). During her WNBA career, she has been selected to thirteen WNBA All-Star teams and eight All-WNBA teams. Additionally, she was voted by fans as one of the WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time in 2011, was voted into the WNBA Top 20@20 as one of the league's top 20 players of all time in 2016, and was voted into The W25 as one of the league's top 25 players of all time in 2021. Her fifth Olympic gold medal, at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, makes her one of only two Olympic basketball players—of either gender—ever to win five gold medals, with the other player being her US Olympic teammate Diana Taurasi.
Bird publicly confirmed on June 16, 2022 that she will retire from playing professional basketball after the 2022 WNBA season. Her season ended on September 7, 2022 with the Storm's playoff loss to the Las Vegas Aces.
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 FIBA Hall of Fame |  _Retired Basketball | 2026 | |
 Basketball Hall of Fame | _Retired Basketball | 2025 | |
 WNBA All Star |  Seattle Storm | 2022 | |
 WNBA 25th Anniversary Team | Seattle Storm | 2021 | |
| WNBA All Star | Seattle Storm | 2021 | |
 WNBA Commissioners Cup | Seattle Storm | 2021 | |
 Basketball Olympics Gold Women |  United States Basketball Women | 2020 | |
 WNBA | Seattle Storm | 2020 | |
 FIBA Womens World Cup | United States Basketball Women | 2018 | |
| WNBA All Star | Seattle Storm | 2018 | |
| WNBA | Seattle Storm | 2018 | |
| WNBA All Star | Seattle Storm | 2017 | |
 WNBA 20th Anniversary Team | Seattle Storm | 2016 | |
| Basketball Olympics Gold Women | United States Basketball Women | 2016 | |
 WNBA peak performer | Seattle Storm | 2016 | |
 All-WNBA First Team | Seattle Storm | 2016 | |
| WNBA All Star | Seattle Storm | 2015 | |
| FIBA Womens World Cup | United States Basketball Women | 2014 | |
| WNBA All Star | Seattle Storm | 2014 | |
| Basketball Olympics Gold Women | United States Basketball Women | 2012 | |
 WNBA 15th Anniversary Team | Seattle Storm | 2011 | |
| WNBA All Star | Seattle Storm | 2011 | |
| FIBA Womens World Cup | United States Basketball Women | 2010 | |
| WNBA | Seattle Storm | 2010 | |
| WNBA peak performer | Seattle Storm | 2009 | |
| WNBA All Star | Seattle Storm | 2009 | |
| Basketball Olympics Gold Women | United States Basketball Women | 2008 | |
| WNBA All Star | Seattle Storm | 2007 | |
 WNBA 10th Anniversary Team | Seattle Storm | 2006 | |
| WNBA All Star | Seattle Storm | 2006 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Seattle Storm | 2005 | |
| WNBA All Star | Seattle Storm | 2005 | |
| Basketball Olympics Gold Women | United States Basketball Women | 2004 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Seattle Storm | 2004 | |
| WNBA | Seattle Storm | 2004 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Seattle Storm | 2003 | |
| WNBA All Star | Seattle Storm | 2003 | |
 NCAA Basketball Women |  UConn Women | 2002 | |
| FIBA Womens World Cup | United States Basketball Women | 2002 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Seattle Storm | 2002 | |
| WNBA All Star | Seattle Storm | 2002 | |
| NCAA Basketball Women | UConn Women | 2000 |
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| UConn Women | 1998-2002 | Youth | - | - |
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| Seattle Storm | 2002-2022 | Permanent | - | - | |
 WBC Dynamo Moscow | 2004-2006 | Permanent | - | - | |
 WBC Sparta&K | 2006-2011 | Permanent | - | - | |
 UMMC Ekaterinburg Women | 2011-2014 | Permanent | - | - |
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