Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

This is a list of players named to participate in the women's basketball competition at the Games of the XXX Olympiad.

Group A

 Angola

The following is the Angola roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Angola women's national basketball team roster – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PG 4 Camufal, Catarina 32 – March 30, 1980 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Interclube F 5 Gonçalves, Ana 19 – February 14, 1993 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Interclube Benguela PG 6 Jorge, Felizarda 27 – February 23, 1985 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Primeiro de Agosto SF 7 Cardoso, Ângela 32 – March 30, 1980 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Primeiro de Agosto G 8 Eusébio, Fineza 22 – July 18, 1990 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Primeiro de Agosto F 9 Felix, Madalena 22 – September 20, 1989 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Primeiro de Agosto PF 10 Guadalupe, Sónia 26 – September 15, 1985 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Interclube C 11 Tomás, Luísa 29 – March 24, 1983 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Interclube SG 12 Vicente, Astrida 33 – October 6, 1978 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Interclube SF 13 Maurício, Nacissela (C) 32 – June 2, 1980 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Primeiro de Agosto PF 14 Manuel, Nadir 25 – November 30, 1986 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Interclube SF 15 Filipe, Nguendula 30 – May 20, 1982 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Interclube	Head coach Aníbal Moreira Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current club

 China

The following is the China roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2]

China women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Li Shanshan 25 – 3 March 1987 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Jiangsu Nangang G 5 Song Xiaoyun 29 – 11 December 1982 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Bayi China Telecom G 6 Ji Yanyan 27 – 29 May 1985 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Heilongjiang Chenneng F 7 Zhao Shuang 22 – 21 June 1990 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Shenyang Army Sanyang F 8 Miao Lijie 31 – 3 June 1981 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Shenyang Army Sanyang C 9 Guan Xin 25 – 24 January 1987 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Guangdong Dolphins PF 10 Zhang Fan 27 – 22 August 1984 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Beijing Shougang F 11 Ma Zengyu 29 – 7 May 1983 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Liaoning Baocheng PF 12 Gao Song 20 – 16 April 1992 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Heilongjiang Chenneng PF 13 Chen Xiaoli 30 – 20 February 1982 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Liaoning Baocheng C 14 Wei Wei 22 – 6 October 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Guangdong Dolphins C 15 Chen Nan 29 – 8 January 1983 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Bayi China Telecom	Head coach Sun Fengwu Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2012

 Croatia

The following is the Croatia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Croatia women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Mandir, Sandra 34 – 4 August 1977 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) ŽKK Novi Zagreb G 5 Jelavić, Anđa 31 – 21 September 1980 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Kayseri Kaski S.K. F 6 Mišura, Antonija 24 – 19 May 1988 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) ŽKK Jolly JBS F 7 Karčić, Lisa Ann 25 – 11 November 1986 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Caja Rural Tintos de Toro G 8 Salopek, Emanuela 25 – 18 April 1987 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) ŽKK Medveščak C 9 Vrsaljko, Marija 22 – 8 August 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) CB Avenida G 10 Ciglar, Iva 26 – 12 December 1985 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Perpignan Basket G/F 11 Lelas, Ana 29 – 2 April 1983 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Basket Lattes F 12 Slišković, Iva 27 – 4 September 1984 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) KK Kingtrade F 13 Mazić, Mirna 26 – 24 December 1985 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) ŽKK Novi Zagreb C 14 Ivanković, Luca 24 – 26 September 1987 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ŽKK Jolly JBS G/F 15 Ivezić, Jelena 28 – 17 March 1984 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Ceyhan Belediyespor	Head coach Stipe Bralić Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2012

 Czech Republic

The following is the Czech Republic roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Czech Republic women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F 4 Veselá, Jana 28 – 31 December 1983 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Homend Antakya F 5 Zrůstová, Michaela 25 – 4 April 1987 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Frisco SIKA Brno PG 6 Bartoňová, Kateřina 22 – 17 January 1990 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) VS Prague SF 7 Zohnová, Kateřina 27 – 7 November 1984 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) USO Mondeville C 8 Burgrová, Ilona 28 – 15 March 1984 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) ZVVZ USK Praha G 9 Horáková, Hana 32 – 11 September 1979 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg C 10 Hanušová, Alena 21 – 29 May 1991 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Frisco SIKA Brno SG 11 Elhotová, Kateřina 22 – 14 October 1989 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) ZVVZ USK Praha G 12 Bartáková, Lenka 21 – 17 May 1991 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) VS Prague C 13 Kulichová, Petra 27 – 13 September 1984 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Good Angels Košice G 14 Pecková, Tereza 25 – 10 July 1987 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Frisco SIKA Brno F 15 Vítečková, Eva 30 – 26 January 1982 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) ZVVZ USK Praha	Head coach Lubor Blažek Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2012

 Turkey

The following is the Turkey roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Turkey women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Palazoğlu, Tuğba 31 – 4 December 1980 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Mersin BB F 5 Dalgalar, Begüm 24 – 8 June 1988 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) Kayseri Kaski G 6 Vardarlı, Birsel 28 – 12 July 1984 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Fenerbahçe G 7 Kartaltepe, Nilay 33 – 13 January 1979 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Botaş SK F 8 Canıtez, Tuğçe 21 – 10 November 1990 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Westmont College G 9 Tunçluer, Esmeral 32 – 7 June 1980 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Fenerbahçe G 10 Alben, Işıl 26 – 22 February 1986 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Galatasaray Medical Park C 11 Yılmaz, Nevriye 32 – 16 June 1980 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Fenerbahçe C 12 Hollingsworth, Kuanitra 23 – 15 November 1988 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg F 13 Horasan, Yasemin 28 – 1 August 1983 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Beşiktaş F 14 İvegin, Şaziye 30 – 8 February 1982 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Galatasaray Medical Park F 15 Çağlar, Bahar 23 – 28 September 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Galatasaray Medical Park	Head coach Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2012

 United States

The following is the United States roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[6]

United States women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Whalen, Lindsay 30 – May 9, 1982 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Minnesota Lynx F 5 Augustus, Seimone 28 – April 30, 1984 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Minnesota Lynx G 6 Bird, Sue 31 – October 16, 1980 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Seattle Storm F 7 Moore, Maya 23 – June 11, 1989 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Minnesota Lynx F 8 McCoughtry, Angel 25 – September 10, 1986 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Atlanta Dream F 9 Jones, Asjha 31 – August 1, 1980 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Connecticut Sun F 10 Catchings, Tamika 33 – July 21, 1979 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Indiana Fever F 11 Cash, Swin 32 – September 22, 1979 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Chicago Sky G/F 12 Taurasi, Diana 30 – June 11, 1982 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Phoenix Mercury C 13 Fowles, Sylvia 27 – June 10, 1985 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Chicago Sky C 14 Charles, Tina 23 – December 5, 1988 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Connecticut Sun F/C 15 Parker, Candace 26 – April 19, 1986 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Los Angeles Sparks	Head coach Geno Auriemma Assistant coach(es) Doug Bruno Jennifer Gillom Marynell Meadors Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2012

Group B

 Australia

The following was the Australia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[7][8]

Australia women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F 4 O'Hea, Jenna 25 – 6 June 1987 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Dandenong Rangers G 5 Richards, Samantha 29 – 24 February 1983 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Bulleen Boomers G 6 Screen, Jennifer 30 – 19 February 1982 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Adelaide Lightning C 7 Bishop, Abby 23 – 29 November 1988 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Perpignan Basket C 8 Batkovic, Suzy 31 – 17 December 1980 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Adelaide Lightning G 9 MacLeod, Kathleen 25 – 23 October 1986 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Dandenong Rangers PG 10 Harrower, Kristi 37 – 4 March 1975 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Bendigo Spirit C 11 Summerton, Laura 28 – 13 December 1983 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Geas Basket F 12 Snell, Belinda 31 – 10 January 1981 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) CCC Polkowice F 13 Jarry, Rachel 20 – 6 December 1991 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Bulleen Boomers C 14 Cambage, Liz 20 – 18 August 1991 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Tulsa Shock PF 15 Jackson, Lauren 31 – 11 May 1981 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Seattle Storm	Head coach Carrie Graf Assistant coach(es) Phil Brown Michele Timms Peter Buckle Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012

 Brazil

The following is the Brazil roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[9]

Brazil women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PG 4 Moisés Pinto, Adriana 34 – June 12, 1978 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Pallacanestro Faenza SG 5 Costa, Karla 33 – September 25, 1978 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Americana Basketball G/F 6 Ferreira, Patrícia 33 – March 21, 1979 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Ourinhos Basquete PG 7 Rodrigues, Joice 25 – September 9, 1986 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Ourinhos Basquete F 9 Nascimento, Franciele 24 – October 19, 1987 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Txingudi Saski Balio Elkartea G/F 10 Gustavo, Silvia 30 – May 14, 1982 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ourinhos Basquete F/C 11 dos Santos, Clarissa 26 – July 30, 1985 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ourinhos Basquete F/C 12 Dantas do Amaral, Damiris 19 – November 17, 1992 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Minnesota Lynx C 13 Colhado, Nádia 23 – February 25, 1989 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Santo André/Semasa C 14 de Souza, Érika 30 – March 9, 1982 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Atlanta Dream PG 15 Carcavalli, Tássia 20 – May 31, 1992 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Americana Basketball	Head coach Luis Cicchetto Assistant coach(es) Cristiano Cedra Maria do Carmo Mardegan Ferreira Legend (C) Team captain Age – describes age on 28 July 2012 Club – describes last club before the tournament nat – country of last club

 Canada

The following is the Canada roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[10]

Canada women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. C 4 Phillips, Krista 24 – 18 May 1988 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Dandenong Rangers G 5 Gabriele, Teresa 33 – 23 January 1979 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Free agent PG 6 Thorburn, Shona 29 – 7 August 1982 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Uni Girona CB SG 7 Pilypaitis, Courtnay 24 – 11 February 1988 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) VICI Kaunas SG 8 Smith, Kim 28 – 7 May 1984 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Free agent PF 9 Ayim, Miranda 24 – 6 May 1988 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Istanbul Universitesi SG 10 Tatham, Alisha 25 – 14 October 1986 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Free agent PF 11 Achonwa, Natalie 19 – 2 November 1992 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) University of Notre Dame SF 12 Murphy, Lizanne 28 – 15 March 1984 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Tarbes Gespe Bigorre G/F 13 Tatham, Tamara 26 – 19 August 1985 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) SV Halle Lions PF 14 Aubry, Chelsea 28 – 27 June 1984 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Bendigo Spirit SF 15 Plouffe, Michelle 19 – 15 September 1992 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) University of Utah	Head coach Allison McNeill Assistant coach(es) Lisa Thomadis Mike McNeill Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2012

 France

The following is the France roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[11]

France women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. C 4 Yacoubou, Isabelle 26 – 21 April 1986 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Spartak Moscow C 5 Miyem, Endéné 24 – 15 May 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) CJM Bourges Basket G 6 Beikes, Clémence 28 – 19 October 1983 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Union Hainaut C 7 Gruda, Sandrine 25 – 25 June 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg G 8 Lawson-Wade, Edwige 33 – 14 May 1979 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Lattes-Maurin Montpellier G 9 Dumerc, Céline 30 – 9 July 1982 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) CJM Bourges Basket G 10 Lepron, Florence 27 – 16 January 1985 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Tarbes Gespe Bigorre G 11 Gomis, Émilie 28 – 18 October 1983 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq G 12 Laborde, Marion 25 – 9 December 1986 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Basket Landes C 13 Godin, Élodie 27 – 5 July 1985 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Taranto Cras Basket C 14 Ndongue, Emmeline 29 – 25 April 1983 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) CJM Bourges Basket F 15 Digbeu, Jennifer 25 – 14 April 1987 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq	Head coach Pierre Vincent Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2012

 Great Britain

The following is the Great Britain roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[12]

Great Britain women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Stafford, Natalie 35 – 8 December 1976 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Sydney Uni Flames G 5 Anderson, Rose 24 – 23 March 1988 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) UWIC Archers G 6 Collins, Stef 29 – 30 December 1982 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) UWIC Archers PG 7 Vanderwal, Rachael 29 – 27 June 1983 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) University of Limerick F 8 Handy, Chantelle 25 – 16 June 1987 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Sony Athinaikos Athens G 9 Wade-Fray, Jenaya 23 – 5 September 1988 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) UWIC Archers F 10 Page, Julie 29 – 21 April 1983 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Energa Toruń PF 11 Butler, Kim 29 – 7 September 1982 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) SK Cēsis C 12 Allen, Dominique 22 – 10 September 1989 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Oral Roberts University G 13 Leedham, Jo 24 – 5 December 1987 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Bulleen Boomers C 14 Stewart, Azania 23 – 13 March 1989 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) University of Florida F 15 Fagbenle, Temi 19 – 8 September 1992 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Harvard University	Head coach Tom Maher Assistant coach(es) Ken Shields Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2012

 Russia

The following is the Russia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[13]

Russia women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PF 4 Arteshina, Olga 29 – 27 November 1982 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg SF 5 Belyakova, Evgeniya 26 – 27 June 1986 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Chevakata Vologda PF 6 Vodopyanova, Natalia 31 – 4 June 1981 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) WBC Dynamo Kursk C 7 Kuzina, Marina 27 – 19 July 1985 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) WBC Dynamo Moscow SG 8 Danilochkina, Elena 26 – 27 January 1986 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Chevakata Vologda PG 9 Hammon, Becky 35 – 11 March 1977 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Spartak Moscow Region SG 10 Korstin, Ilona 32 – 30 May 1980 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Spartak Moscow Region C 11 Vieru, Natalya 23 – 25 July 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Spartak Moscow Region C 12 Osipova, Irina 31 – 25 June 1981 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Istanbul University PF 13 Petrakova, Anna 27 – 4 December 1984 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) WBC Dynamo Kursk SF 14 Zhedik, Natalya 24 – 11 July 1988 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) WBC Spartak Saint Petersburg C 15 Grishaeva, Nadezhda 23 – 2 July 1989 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) ASPTT Arras	Head coach Boris Sokolovsky Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2012

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