Seimone Augustus (top) and Sylvia Fowles (bottom) are the only athletes in LSU history with three Olympic gold medals.
2008 • 2012 • 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES
How many athletes get to live out their childhood dreams of winning Olympic gold? How many have that opportunity three times? Count LSU’s Seimone Augustus and Sylvia Fowles in that elite group. The duo became the first Olympic gold medalists in the history of LSU women’s basketball in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Over the next eight years, Augustus and Fowles added to their collection, earning gold in 2012 in London and again in 2016 in Rio. USA Basketball continued its dominance in 2016, claiming its sixth-straight Olympic gold medal and extending its winning streak to 49 games. Augustus and Fowles became the first LSU athletes - past or present - in any sport to claim multiple Olympic gold medals as the U.S. Women’s National team put a punctuation mark on its perfect 2012 London run with an 86-50 victory over France in the gold medal contest. From coach Sue Gunter’s silver medal at the 1976 Games to coach Van Chancellor’s gold medal at the 2004 Games, LSU women’s basketball has been associated with eight Olympic medals. In addition to Augustus and Fowles, there are only 10 other women’s basketball players who have accomplished the feat of being named to three or more U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Teams. LSU and UConn are the only two collegiate women’s basketball programs to boast multiple players with three or more Olympic gold medals.
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2020-21 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK
