Basketball shoes worn by Rebecca Lobo during the 1996 Olympic games
name: label: user
content: Lobo, Rebecca
label: maker
content: Reebok
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pair of white basketball sneakers with the Reebok logo embroidered in aqua on the side of each shoe. These are Rebecca Lobo's signature model shoe and are signed by the player in black pen on the right shoe Lobo was a member of the University of Connecticut basketball team when they won the National Championships in 1995. After her Olympic appearance she became of member of the WNBA team New York Liberty and went on to play for the Houston Comets and Conneticut Suns.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 1996 Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad were held in Atlanta, Georgia with 197 countries, 6,797 men and 3,523 women athletes participating. These Games saw the debuts of beach volleyball, mountain biking, softball, and women’s soccer. These Games also saw the American women, who had taken full advantage of Title IX legislation, excel in Olympic competition. The women’s gymnastics, soccer, softball and basketball teams all won gold, propelling the US women athletes into the global spotlight and beginning their dominance in Olympic competition. Atlanta benefitted from the Games as Centennial Olympic Park led to the revitalization of the downtown area and the Olympic Village became residence housing for area universities. These games marked the first time since 1984 that the United States topped the medal count with 101.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Basketball
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: level of sport
content: Olympics
label: web subject
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0164.03
label: accession number
content: 2004.0164
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0164.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Basketball Shoes
label: Object Name
content: basketball shorts, summer olympics
label: Object Name
content: basketball shoes, summer olympics
label: Object Name
content: shoes, basketball
label: Object Name
content: basketball shoes, olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 cm x 9 cm x 7.5 cm; 12 3/16 in x 3 9/16 in x 2 15/16 in