Lauren Jackson AO
International Basketball Champion | 5 x Olympian & Former Opals Captain | Head of Women’s Basketball at Basketball Australia | Advocate for Women in Sport | Founder of She Hoops
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- Location: Melbourne
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Biography
Lauren Jackson is an inspiring guest speaker with am empowering message.
Lauren is widely regarded as one of Australia’s top sportspeople – considered by many to be the country’s greatest female basketballer in history. She was the first Australian in history to be selected as the first overall pick in an international and professional draft. She was crowned an All-Star in her first WNBA season.
Lauren has been on top for 15 years playing at the elite level. She has so many honours spanning across several leagues, including the Australian (WNBL), American (WNBA), European (EuroLeague) and Asian (WKBL) Women’s Basketball.
In 2012, Lauren had the great honour of being flag bearer for Australia at the London Olympics and in 2021, she was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2021, the sports’ most prestigious award.
Lauren returned to the sport after a 5 year hiatus, playing for the Albury Bandits in the NBL1. Shortly after, she fulfilled a dream by becoming an Opal once again, representing Australia at the 2022 FIBA World Championships in Sydney.
She was instrumental at these games in helping the Opals to a Bronze Medal win and at the 2024 Paris Olympics, become a 5-time Olympic medallist helping the Opals take home the Bronze.
Not enough representing Australia, Lauren signed with the Southside Flyers in the WNBL during the 2023/24 season where she finished a WNBL Champion.
In November 2024, she was awarded The Dawn Award at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame where which recognises an individual, team or organisation who show courage and bravery and have changed sport for the better.
Away from the court, Lauren is a devoted mother to two boys – Harry & Lenny – and works at Basketball Australia as their Head of Women in Basketball and runs their She Hoops program, empowering women in sport.
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