Lauren Jackson

Official Ambassador for the 2008 Pacific School Games

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Widely regarded as the best Basketball player in the world, Jackson's list of impressive achievements include the following:

• Gold medal at the World Championships in Brazil 2006
• Gold medal Commonwealth Games in Melbourne 2006
• Olympic Silver in Sydney
• Olympic Silver in Athens

• 5 WNBL Championships

• 1 WNBA Championship
• 4 WNBL MVPs
• 2 WNBA MVPs
• Named greatest Player in the history of the WNBL
• Named all Decade team WNBA

Jackson is currently a full time athlete and has recently won her second Euro League title with her Russian Club, Spartak Moscow.  She also plays for Seattle Storm in the WNBA in the United States where she has won a WNBA Championship.

In her spare time, Jackson looks forward to coming home to Australia and spending time with family and friends at the family beach house and doing lots of fishing.

Her advice for young athletes would be just to have fun and enjoy playing at a high level on your chosen sport.