USA basketball shorts worn by Rebecca Lobo during the 1996 Olympic games
date: label: Date made
content: 1996
name: label: user
content: Lobo, Rebecca
label: maker
content: Champion
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Red basketball shorts worn by the donor, Rebecca Lobo, with the accompanying jersey as the uniform for the United States women's basketball team in Atlanta, Georgia for the 1996 summer Olympic games. 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
place: label: place made
content: United States: Georgia, Atlanta
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
label: related event
content: Olympic Summer Games: Atlanta, 1996
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Rebecca Lobo
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0164.02
label: accession number
content: 2004.0164
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0164.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: basketball shorts
label: Object Name
content: Basketball Uniform Shorts
label: Object Name
content: basketball jersey, summer olympics
label: Object Name
content: basketball shorts, summer olympics
label: Object Name
content: shorts, basketball
label: Object Name
content: basketball shorts, olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, nylon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 44 cm x 33 cm; 17 5/16 in x 13 in