Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters explained

Twelve women's teams competed in basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Australia

• Sandy Brondello

• Michelle Brogan

• Carla Boyd

• Jo Hill

• Kristi Harrower

• Shelley Sandie

• Annie la Fleur

• Trisha Fallon

• Lauren Jackson

• Rachael Sporn

• Michele Timms

• Jenny Whittle
• Head coach: Tom Maher

Brazil

• Adriana Aparecida dos Santos

• Adrianinha

• Alessandra Santos de Oliveira

• Cíntia Tuiú

• Claudinha

• Helen Cristina Santos Luz

• Zaine

• Janeth dos Santos Arcain

• Kelly da Silva Santos

• Lílian Cristina Lopes Gonçalves

• Marta de Souza Sobral

• Silvinha

Canada

• Cori-Lyn Blakebrough

• Stacey Dales-Schuman

• Nikki Johnson

• Karla Karch

• Teresa Kleindienst

• Joy McNichol

• Tammy Sutton-Brown

Cuba

• Liset Castillo

• Grisel Herrera

• María León

• Yaquelín Plutín

• Tania Seino

• Yuliseny Soria

• Lisdeivis Víctores^[1]

France

• Laure Savasta

• Sandra Le Drean

• Catherine Melain

• Edwige Lawson

• Yannick Souvré

• Audrey Sauret

• Nathalie Lesdema

• Stéphanie Vivenot

• Dominique Tonnerre

• Isabelle Fijalkowski

• Laëtitia Moussard

• Nicole Antibe

New Zealand

• Tania Brunton

• Belinda Colling

• Megan Compain

• Rebecca Cotton

• Kirstin Daly

• Gina Farmer

• Sally Farmer

• Dianne L'Ami

• Donna Loffhagen

• Julie Ofsoski

• Leone Patterson

• Leanne Walker

Poland

• Dorota Bukowska

• Joanna Cupryś

• Patrycja Czepiec

• Katarzyna Dydek

• Margo Dydek

• Edyta Koryzna

• Ilona Mądra

• Beata Predehl

• Krystyna Szymańska-Lara

• Elżbieta Trześniewska

• Anna Wielebnowska

• Sylwia Wlaźlak^[2]

• Svetlana Abrosimova

• Anna Arkhipova

• Elen Shakirova

• Yelena Khudashova

• Yevgeniya Nikonova

• Irina Rutkovskaya

• Irina Sumnikova

• Maria Stepanova

• Natalya Zasulskaya

• Yelena Pshikova

• Olga Arteshina

Senegal

• Mame Maty Mbengue

• Bineta Diouf

• Yacine Khady Ngom

• Coumba Cissé

• Marieme Lo

• Awa Guèye

• Ndialou Paye

• Mbarika Fall

• Khady Diop

• Adama Diakhaté

• Fatime N'Diaye

• Astou N'Diaye

Slovakia

• Slávka Frniaková

• Martina Godályová

• Renáta Hiráková

• Marcela Kalistová

• Anna Kotočová

• Alena Kováčová

• Jana Lichnerová

• Martina Luptáková

• Katarína Poláková

• Zuzana Žirková

Korean names listed by family name first

• Lee Mi-Sun

• Chun Joo-Weon

• Kim Ji-Yoon

• Lee Eun-ju

• Jang Sun-Hyoung

• Wang Su-Jin

• Yang Jung-Ok

• Park Jung-Eun

• Kang Ji-Sook

• Lee Jong-Ae

• Jung Sun-Min

• Chung Eun-Soon^[3]

United States

• Ruthie Bolton

• Teresa Edwards

• Yolanda Griffith

• Chamique Holdsclaw (retained on the roster, but did not play due to injury)

• Lisa Leslie

• Nikki McCray

• DeLisha Milton

• Katie Smith

• Dawn Staley

• Sheryl Swoopes

• Natalie Williams

• Kara Wolters
• Head Coach: Nell Fortner^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417084218/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/2000/BAS/ Cuba at the 2000 Summer Olympics - basketball
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417084218/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/POL/summer/2000/BAS/ Poland at the 2000 Summer Olympics - basketball
3. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2952/tid/313/_/2000_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Women/index.html FIBA Archive 2000 Olympic Games: Tournament for Women - Korea
4. http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/national/woly_2000.html USA Basketball Women's National Team: Games of the XXVIIth Olympiad -- 2000