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Mia Hamm

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Object Details

Artist

Rick Chapman, born 1966

Sitter

Mia Hamm, born 17 Mar 1972

Exhibition Label

Born Selma, Alabama
Mia Hamm has been a trailblazer for women in soccer. At fifteen, she became the youngest person ever to play on the U.S. Women’s National Team. During her seventeen years playing forward, the team won two World Cups and two Olympic gold medals. In 1999, Hamm set the world record for both men and women for most career goals in an international competition, a record she held until 2013. She still holds the national team record in assists. She was named FIFA’s World Player of the Year in 2001 and 2002.
Hamm was a founding player in the first professional women’s U.S. league, playing for the Washington Freedom from 2001 to 2003. She retired from soccer in 2004 but continues to promote opportunities for women in the sport through the Mia Hamm Foundation, which she established after her brother Garrett died of a rare blood disease in 1997. She is currently co-owner of the Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC and the National Women’s Soccer League club Angel City FC.
Nacida en Selma, Alabama
Mia Hamm ha abierto brecha para las mujeres en el fútbol. A los quince años pasó a ser la jugadora más joven de la historia en el Equipo Nacional Femenino EE.UU. En sus 17 años como delantera, el equipo ganó dos Copas Mundiales y dos medallas de oro olímpicas. En 1999 Hamm estableció el récord mundial para mujeres y hombres por total de goles en una competencia internacional, el cual mantuvo hasta 2013. Aún conserva el récord de asistencias en el equipo nacional. Fue Jugadora Mundial del Año de la FIFA en 2001 y 2002.
Hamm fue miembro fundador de la primera liga profesional femenina de EE.UU., jugando para las Washington Freedom. Se retiró en 2004, pero sigue promoviendo oportunidades para las mujeres en el deporte con la Mia Hamm Foundation, la cual creó en 1997 tras la muerte de su hermano Garrett por una enfermedad hematológica. Actualmente es copropietaria del club de Fútbol de Grandes Ligas Los Angeles FC y el club de la Liga Nacional Femenina de Fútbol Angel City FC.

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Rick Chapman and ESPN

Date

2001 (printed 2002)

Object number

NPG.2003.19

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© 2001 Rick Chapman

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 25.7 x 25.7cm (10 1/8 x 10 1/8")
Sheet: 35.4 x 27.7cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8")
Mat: 55.9 x 40.6cm (22 x 16")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Exhibition

American Winners: Athletes and Entertainers Who Shaped the Nation

On View

NPG, West Gallery 250

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Costume\Jewelry\Earring
Mia Hamm: Female
Mia Hamm: Athletics awards\Olympic medal
Mia Hamm: Sports\Athlete\Soccer
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm42368973d-88ce-4103-99a2-e5833fdbd45d

Record ID

npg_NPG.2003.19

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