Diana Taurasi is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).
She was born on June 11, 1982.
She was drafted by Phoenix first overall in the 2004 WNBA draft.
Taurasi has won the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award (2004), three WNBA championships (2007, 2009, and 2014), a historic five Olympic gold medals (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020), one WNBA Most Valuable Player Award (2009), two WNBA Finals MVP Awards (2009 and 2014), five scoring titles (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011), and three FIBA World Cups (2010, 2014, and 2018).
She has also been selected to ten WNBA All-Star teams and fourteen All-WNBA teams (including ten first-team selections).
In 2011, she was voted by fans as one of the WNBA’s Top 15 Players of All Time and was named by the league to its 20th and 25th-anniversary teams, respectively the WNBA Top [email protected] in 2016 and The W25 in 2021.
Liliana Taurasi and Mario Taurasi: Who are Diana Taurasi’s parents?
Liliana Taurasi and Mario Taurasi are the parents of the American professional basketball player Diana Taurasi.
Mario Taurasi
Mario Taurasi is the father of the American professional basketball player Diana Taurasi.
Mario Taurasi was raised in Argentina. He was a professional soccer player in Italy and played for several years as a goalkeeper.
Liliana Taurasi
Liliana Taurasi is the mother of the American professional basketball player Diana Taurasi.
Liliana Taurasi is Argentinian. Mario and Liliana Taurasi emigrated from Argentina to the United States before Diana was born.
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