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Mia Hamm is widely recognized as the
world's best all-around women's
soccer player. In Atlanta at the
1996 Centennial Olympic Games she
proved it by leading her team to
Team Gold in front of 80,000
screaming fans in Athens, Georgia.
Never in history had so many
spectators come out to watch a
women's sporting event. The Games
highlighted female athletes like no
other time in modern history and Mia
emerged as one of the Game's true
examples for people of all ages who
have a dream and go for it. The 1999
Women's World Cup, where the USA
took home the championship in front
of 40 million viewers in this
country alone, sold over 650,000
tickets, including sellouts at
Giants Stadium and the Rose Bowl.
There is no stopping women's soccer
and Mia's enormous impact, both on
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Having played collegiately at UNC
and leading her team to four
consecutive NCAA championships, she
inherited the nickname "Jordan"
(after a basketball player at NC
named Michael!) because of her
athletic ability on the field and
sportsmanship, determination and
commitment off it. Her awards and
accomplishments only tell part of
the story of this remarkable
athlete; she gives much of her
precious free time to charitable
causes and strives, in anything she
does, to promote women's athletics,
the sport of soccer, and a feeling
of confidence and sense of purpose
in young people (male or female).
Mia was the youngest player ever to
play for our National Team (age 15)
and has been a member ever since
(the team won the World
Championships in 1991, Mia's second
time on the team). Her records in
appearances and goals, MVP awards
and overall performance put her at
the top of the sport as she looks
forward to the 2000 Olympics (she
has been US Soccer's Female Athlete
of the year five consecutive years).
As Phil Knight, Chairman of Nike
says "I think we've had three
athletes who just played at a level
that added a new dimension to their
games. That's been Michael Jordan,
in basketball, and in some ways Mia
Hamm in women's soccer and Tiger
Woods in golf." In April of 1999,
Nike named the largest building on
its corporate campus after Mia.
Having seen the enormous support her
and her teammates received at the
'96 Games, Mia hopes to pioneer new
initiatives which further promote
the sport of soccer and women in
sports. Poised, articulate and
honest, Mia is a pioneer in her
sport and a role model for athletes
and fans alike who believe in equal
opportunity, Title IX legislation,
and the love of the game.
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