She was chosen to carry flag for the Australian Olympic team in London in , which was, she says, 'the proudest moment of my sporting career'. Born in Albury, New South Wales, in , Lauren Jackson says that at the age of four she had already hatched the plan that would take her to representing the Australia at the Olympics. While there is no doubt she had the genetic pedigree and family support to make the plan a reality both her mother and father had represented Australia in basketball it was her mental strength and determination combined with a deep love of the game that made the difference.
By the time she was in Year 7 she knew she loved the game enough to want to leave home and attend the Australian Institute of Sport AIS.
In at the age of 16 Jackson was awarded a scholarship to in In , she was playing for the national team, the Opals, at the Olympic Games in Sydney. For the self-confessed homebody, the pathway early in her career was not always an easy one; she missed her home and family keenly. She also had a little bit of a chip on her shoulder about always being the youngest member in the team, that might have made her more aggressive at times than she needed to be.
But the influence of her teammates helped her to settle in and to settle down. She was lucky to have 'good hearted people like Rachel Sporn, and Sandy Bondello around her. She wishes to work in social work after her basketball career ends. Basketball Wiki Explore. Main Page All Pages Community. Top Content. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account?
Lauren Jackson. View source. History Talk 0. Lauren Jackson Jackson during a Canberra Capitals game in Retrieved 17 September She was born to Gary Jackson and Maree Bennie who both used to play basketball.
She was born as the eldest of two children and has Australian nationality and ethnicity. Being born and brought up in a family of basketball players she eventually got a huge interest in playing basketball and started playing at the age of 4.
Her mother used to teach her how to play basketball from an early age. For her schooling, she joined Murray High School and studied at Lomonosov Moscow State University for a psychology degree which she continued via correspondence from America. At the age of 4, Lauren Jackson started playing basketball and at the age of 6, she used to say, she would one day play for the Australian national team.
At the age of 14, her performance in the tournament attracted the attention of the national team selector in which she led her New South Wales side to national championship gold. Lauren made it to the Australian under when she was just Lauren had a rivalry with American basketball player Lisa Leslie to whom she had accidentally pulled off her hair extension in the game.
They have even played a game as team members but they did not become friends. Jackson scored a 56 point in a game with Samsung Bichumi against Kumho Redwings which was a personal best score in her career. She has also played games in Olympics as a captain and led her team to win the silver medal in She has suffered from many injuries from several games and successfully recovered. Her success in the game has paid her well financially, hence her salary is around , USD. Her mother was one of the first Australians to be part of the American system of college.
Her parents are very proud of the hall of fame for their daughter. She has a zodiac sign for Taurus. She is based on white ethnicity as she is from Australian nationality. When she was four years old, Jackson began playing basketball at Albury Sports Centre. She told others as a 6-year-old that one day she will play the Australian national basketball team. Her mother was teaching her how to play.
She was a six-year-old, who first played competitive basketball on the local under side. Two years her mother had been her mentor. For both mother and daughter, this was hard to alter their dynamics.
Her team reached the Grand Final in one year. Jackson led her side of New South Wales to the gold medal when she was 14 years old. In Europe, Jackson played basketball club. Other world Basketball Olympians included her teammates.
Jackson had an option in for a further two years to extend its deal with Spartak. First, Jackson probably will remain with Spartak. In and she performed for the Ros Casares, Spain. In she was part of the management. It was her first year with a squad from Spain.
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