Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Squads
men  women

This is a list of the players who were on the rosters of the teams who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for women's basketball.

Pool A

Australia

The following is the Australia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Australia women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Poto, Alicia – (1978-03-28)28 March 1978 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Aix-en-Provence G 5 Tranquilli, Allison – (1972-09-12)12 September 1972 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) PVSK Pecs G 6 Brondello, Sandy – (1968-08-20)20 August 1968 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Ros Casares Valencia F 7 Taylor, Penny – (1981-05-24)24 May 1981 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Phoenix Mercury C 8 Batkovic, Suzy – (1980-12-17)17 December 1980 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) US Valenciennes F 9 Fallon, Trisha (C) – (1972-07-23)23 July 1972 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Ros Casares Valencia G 10 Harrower, Kristi – (1975-03-04)4 March 1975 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Aix-en-Provence F 11 Summerton, Laura – (1983-12-13)13 December 1983 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Adelaide Lightning G 12 Snell, Belinda – (1981-01-10)10 January 1981 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Sydney Uni Flames F 13 Porter, Natalie – (1980-12-16)16 December 1980 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Townsville Fire F 14 Sporn, Rachael – (1968-05-26)26 May 1968 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Adelaide Lightning F 15 Jackson, Lauren – (1981-05-11)11 May 1981 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Seattle Storm	Head coach Jan Stirling Assistant coach(es) Karen Dalton Chris Lucas Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

Brazil

The following is the Brazil roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Brazil women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Pinto, Adriana Moisés – (1978-12-06)6 December 1978 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) H.S. Penta Faenza G 5 Luz, Helen – (1972-11-23)23 November 1972 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Dynamo Novosibirsk G 6 Costa, Karla – (1972-11-23)23 November 1972 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Dynamo Novosibirsk F/C 7 Sobral, Leila – (1974-11-29)29 November 1974 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) São Paulo/Guaru F 8 Castro Marques, Izi – (1982-03-13)13 March 1982 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Phoenix Mercury F 9 Arcain, Janeth (C) – (1969-04-11)11 April 1969 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Phoenix Mercury G/F 10 Lopes, Vivian Cristina – (1976-01-07)7 January 1976 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Santo André/Semasa F 11 Rocha, Silvia Cristina – (1982-05-14)14 May 1982 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Unimed/Americana C 12 de Souza, Érika – (1982-03-09)9 March 1982 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) UB-Barça C 13 de Oliveira, Alessandra – (1973-12-02)2 December 1973 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Reyer Venezia Mestre C 14 Santos, Cintia – (1975-01-31)31 January 1975 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Gambrinus Brno C 15 Santos, Kelly – (1979-11-10)10 November 1979 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) CUS Chieti	Head coach Antonio Barbosa Assistant coach(es) Paulo Campos Legend nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

Greece

The following is the Greece roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Greece women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Kavvadia, Tatiana – (1976-09-23)23 September 1976 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Megas Alexandros G 5 Kostaki, Anastasia – (1978-03-26)26 March 1978 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Meverin Parma G 6 Deli, Aikaterini – (1975-01-12)12 January 1975 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Dasal G 7 Kalentzou, Dimitra – (1978-01-03)3 January 1978 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Sporting Athens G 8 Tasouli, Atalanti Maria – (1976-09-28)28 September 1976 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Sporting Athens F 9 Maltsi, Evanthia – (1978-12-30)30 December 1978 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Panathinaikos C 10 Saregkou, Polymnia – (1972-05-11)11 May 1972 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) San Sebastián F 11 Vasileiou, Eleni – (1974-07-29)29 July 1974 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Dasal C 12 Stachtiari, Eirini – (1977-07-27)27 July 1977 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Glyfada Esperides C 13 Samoroukova, Maria – (1971-12-19)19 December 1971 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Dynamo Moscow F 14 Christoforaki, Athina – (1980-11-06)6 November 1980 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Panserraikos F/C 15 Kligkopoulou, Sofia (C) – (1970-01-06)6 January 1970 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Dasal	Head coach Georgios Tsitskaris Assistant coach(es) Panagiotis Vafeiadis Dimitris Bakogeorgos Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

Japan

The following is the Japan roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Japan women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. C 4 Hamaguchi, Noriko – (1974-01-15)15 January 1974 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Japan Energy F 5 Konno, Mari – (1980-05-18)18 May 1980 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Japan Energy G 6 Oyama, Taeko (C) – (1974-06-18)18 June 1974 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Japan Energy G 7 Yabuuchi, Natsumi – (1977-07-21)21 July 1977 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Japan Airlines Rabbits F 8 Kawabata, Hiromi – (1979-05-23)23 May 1979 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Japan Energy G 9 Kusuda, Kaori – (1974-03-29)29 March 1974 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Japan Energy F 10 Yano, Ryoko – (1978-12-20)20 December 1978 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Japan Energy C 11 Eguchi, Maki – (1978-10-14)14 October 1978 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Chanson Cosmetics G 12 Tachikawa, Masami – (1980-11-16)16 November 1980 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Japan Energy G 13 Oga, Yuko – (1982-10-17)17 October 1982 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Japan Energy C 14 Yashiro, Naomi – (1977-12-30)30 December 1977 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Japan Airlines Rabbits F 15 Nagata, Mutsuko – (1976-09-26)26 September 1976 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Chanson Cosmetics	Head coach Tomohide Utsumi Assistant coach(es) Eiki Umezaki Mikiko Hagiwara Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

Nigeria

The following is the Nigeria roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Nigeria women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Itoro, Umoh – (1977-02-21)21 February 1977 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Clemson University F 5 Aluka, Joanne – (1979-04-26)26 April 1979 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) GD Gafanha da Nazaré G 6 Akiode, Mobolaji – (1982-05-12)12 May 1982 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Pully Basket G 7 Negedu, Juliana – (1979-07-31)31 July 1979 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Aris Thivas F/C 8 Oha, Ugo – (1982-07-18)18 July 1982 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) George Washington University F 9 Mohammed, Aisha – (1985-10-21)21 October 1985 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) First Bank G/F 10 Iyorhe, Nguveren – (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) First Bank F 11 Udoka, Mfon – (1976-06-16)16 June 1976 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Houston Comets F 12 Sadiq, Rashidat – (1981-01-03)3 January 1981 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) University of Connecticut G 13 Amachree, Mactabene – (1978-01-30)30 January 1978 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Istanbul University C 14 Rafiu, Taiwo – (1972-06-18)18 June 1972 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Kookmni Bank C 15 Ogugua, Linda – (1978-04-12)12 April 1978 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Biola University	Head coach Sam Vincent Assistant coach(es) Scott Nnaji Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

Russia

The following is the Russia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Russia women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F 4 Arteshina, Olga – (1982-11-27)27 November 1982 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) VBM-SGAU Samara G 5 Rakhmatulina, Oxana – (1976-12-07)7 December 1976 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) VBM-SGAU Samara F 6 Vodopyanova, Natalia – (1981-06-04)4 June 1981 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia G 7 Goustilina, Diana – (1974-04-21)21 April 1974 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg F 8 Baranova, Yelena (C) – (1972-01-28)28 January 1972 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg C 9 Shchegoleva, Tatiana – (1982-02-09)9 February 1982 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) VBM-SGAU Samara G 10 Korstin, Ilona – (1980-05-30)30 May 1980 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) VBM-SGAU Samara C 11 Stepanova, Maria – (1979-02-23)23 February 1979 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) VBM-SGAU Samara C 12 Kalmykova, Maria – (1978-01-14)14 January 1978 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Dynamo Novosibirsk F 13 Karpova, Elena – (1980-06-14)14 June 1980 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Lattes-Maurin Montpellier F 14 Osipova, Irina – (1981-06-25)25 June 1981 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg G 15 Arkhipova, Anna – (1973-07-27)27 July 1973 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg	Head coach Vadim Kapranov Assistant coach(es) Valeriy Lunichkin Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

Pool B

China

The following is the China roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

China women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Song Xiaoyun – (1982-12-11)11 December 1982 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Guangdong Hongjia F 5 Bian Lan – (1986-08-16)16 August 1986 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Jiangsu Nangang F 6 Pan Wei – (1978-06-11)11 June 1978 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Guangdong Hongjia F 7 Hu Xiatao – (1981-06-12)12 June 1981 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Shenyang Army F 8 Miao Lijie – (1981-06-03)3 June 1981 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Heilongjiang Zhenning F 9 Zhang Fan – (1984-08-22)22 August 1984 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Beijing Shougang F 10 Sui Feifei (C) – (1979-01-29)29 January 1979 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Bayi China Telecom C 11 Ye Li – (1981-11-20)20 November 1981 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Shanghai Dongfang C 12 Chen Luyun – (1977-06-07)7 June 1977 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Fujian Tailaoshan C 13 Wang Ling – (1978-06-09)9 June 1978 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Liaoning Baocheng F 14 Ren Lei – (1982-01-22)22 January 1982 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Bayi China Telecom C 15 Chen Nan – (1983-01-08)8 January 1983 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Bayi China Telecom	Head coach Gong Luming Assistant coach(es) Chen Dechum Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

Czech Republic

The following is the Czech Republic roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Czech Republic women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F 4 Veselá, Jana – (1983-12-31)31 December 1983 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Gambrinus Brno C 5 Večeřová, Ivana – (1979-03-30)30 March 1979 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Gambrinus Brno F 6 Voračková, Ivana – (1979-08-28)28 August 1979 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) UŠK Blex Prague F 7 Hartigová, Michala – (1983-11-14)14 November 1983 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Kara Trutnov G 8 Uhrová, Michaela – (1982-04-10)10 April 1982 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Gambrinus Brno G 9 Machová, Hana (C) – (1979-09-11)11 September 1979 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Gambrinus Brno G 10 Hamzová, Romana – (1970-08-17)17 August 1970 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Gambrinus Brno F 11 Pavlíčková, Michaela – (1977-09-27)27 September 1977 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Dynamo Moscow F 12 Borecká, Irena – (1980-11-05)5 November 1980 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Kara Trutnov C 13 Kulichová, Petra – (1984-09-13)13 September 1984 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Kara Trutnov C 14 Klimešová, Zuzana – (1979-01-21)21 January 1979 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Asteras Exarchion F 15 Vítečková, Eva – (1982-01-26)26 January 1982 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Gambrinus Brno	Head coach Jan Bobrovský Assistant coach(es) Lubor Blažek Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

New Zealand

The following is the New Zealand roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

New Zealand women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Walker, Leanne (C) – (1978-03-28)28 March 1978 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Waikato Lady Titans F 5 Cotton, Rebecca – (1974-08-23)23 August 1974 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Launceston Tornadoes G 6 Marino, Angela – (1986-02-03)3 February 1986 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Adeilaide Sturt Sabres G 7 Wielens, Kim – (1977-09-25)25 September 1977 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Nelson Sparks G 8 Compain, Megan – (1975-09-18)18 September 1975 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Rhondda Rebels F 9 Loffhagen, Donna – (1978-04-29)29 April 1978 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Otago Breakers C 10 Farmer, Gina – (1974-12-12)12 December 1974 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) NKK Szolnok G 11 Tupu, Tania – (1973-12-28)28 December 1973 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Waikato Lady Titans F/C 12 Farmer, Sally – (1976-05-20)20 May 1976 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Canterbury Wildcats F 13 Ofsoski, Julie – (1973-04-04)4 April 1973 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Knox Raiders F 14 Tini, Jody – (1976-02-10)10 February 1976 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Waikato Lady Titans F 15 Kerr, Aneka – (1981-03-01)1 March 1981 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Townsville Fire	Head coach Tom Maher Assistant coach(es) Kirstin Daly Mike McHugh Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

South Korea

The following is the South Korea roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

South Korea women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Kim Yeong-ok – (1974-03-04)4 March 1974 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) KB Stars G 5 Lee Mi-sun – (1979-02-19)19 February 1979 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Samsung G 6 Kim Ji-hyun – (1985-02-02)2 February 1985 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Chuncheon Woori Bank Hansae C 7 Kang Ji-sook – (1979-02-04)4 February 1979 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Cheongju SK Knights F 8 Cho Hey-jin (C) – (1973-09-25)25 September 1973 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Chuncheon Woori Bank Hansae F/C 9 Hur Yoon-ja – (1979-04-19)19 April 1979 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Shinsegae Cool Cats F 10 Beon Yeon-ha – (1980-03-07)7 March 1980 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Samsung F 11 Park Jung-eun – (1977-01-14)14 January 1977 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Samsung F/C 12 Jung Mi-ran – (1985-03-20)20 March 1985 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Kumho Redwings C 13 Lee Jong-ae – (1975-03-18)18 March 1975 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Chuncheon Woori Bank Hansae C 14 Kim Kwe-ryong – (1979-12-17)17 December 1979 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Samsung C 15 Hong Hyun-hee – (1982-01-24)24 January 1982 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Chuncheon Woori Bank Hansae	Head coach Park Myung-soo Assistant coach(es) Lee Young-ju Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

Spain

The following is the Spain roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Spain women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F 4 Blanco, Sonia – (1973-04-24)24 April 1973 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Adecco Estudiantes G 5 Sánchez, Rosi – (1974-12-02)2 December 1974 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Pantere F 6 Palau, Laia – (1979-09-10)10 September 1979 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) UB-Barça G 7 Martínez, Nuria – (1984-02-29)29 February 1984 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Perfumerías Salamanca G 8 Fernández, Marta – (1981-12-21)21 December 1981 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Ros Casares Valencia F 9 Valdemoro, Amaya – (1976-08-18)18 August 1976 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Ros Casares Valencia F 10 Aguilar, Elisa – (1976-10-15)15 October 1976 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Ros Casares Valencia G 11 García, Begoña – (1976-03-11)11 March 1976 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Basket Parma C 12 Pons, Ingrid – (1975-02-27)27 February 1975 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Ros Casares Valencia F 13 Ferragut, Marina – (1972-02-11)11 February 1972 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Perfumerías Salamanca C 14 Cebrián, Elisabeth (C) – (1971-02-06)6 February 1971 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Adecco Estudiantes C 15 Pascua, Lucila – (1983-03-21)21 March 1983 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Filtros Mann Zaragoza	Head coach Vicente Rodríguez Assistant coach(es) Fernando Merchante Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

United States

The following is the United States roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

United States women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Johnson, Shannon – (1974-08-18)18 August 1974 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) San Antonio Silver Stars G 5 Staley, Dawn – (1970-05-04)4 May 1970 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Charlotte Sting G 6 Bird, Sue – (1980-10-16)16 October 1980 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Seattle Storm F 7 Swoopes, Sheryl – (1971-03-25)25 March 1971 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Houston Comets C 8 Riley, Ruth – (1979-08-28)28 August 1979 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Detroit Shock C 9 Leslie, Lisa – (1972-07-07)7 July 1972 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Los Angeles Sparks F 10 Catchings, Tamika – (1979-07-21)21 July 1979 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Indiana Fever F 11 Thompson, Tina – (1975-02-10)10 February 1975 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Houston Comets G 12 Taurasi, Diana – (1982-06-11)11 June 1982 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Phoenix Mercury F/C 13 Griffith, Yolanda – (1970-03-01)1 March 1970 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Sacramento Monarchs G 14 Smith, Katie – (1974-06-04)4 June 1974 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Minnesota Lynx F 15 Cash, Swin – (1979-09-22)22 September 1979 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Detroit Shock	Head coach Van Chancellor Assistant coach(es) Anne Donovan Gail Goestenkors Vivian Stringer Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

External links

• Official Olympic Report