Biography hamm mia

After 17 years, two World Championships, two Olympic Gold Medals, and near unparalleled success as a marketing icon, Mia Hamm retired from professional soccer in as not only the best women’s soccer player in history but also as one of the most important and recognizable female figures in the history of sport.

Hailed by ESPN as the greatest female athlete of the past 40 years, Hamm was the youngest woman to ever appear in a match for the US Senior Squad at just 15 years old in , and during her illustrious career playing for the national team shattered a litany of American records, most notably those for international goals () and assists ().

She starred on female sports’ biggest and most watched stages, guiding the United States to gold at the Olympic Games in Atlanta and at the now iconic World Cup on American soil, and in the process became one of the most marketable athletes, male or female, of her era.

Indeed, her play at the ’96 Olympics in particular prompted Nike c