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She led the U.S. to the World Championship at FIFA Women’s World Cup in 1999 and was a member of the U.S. Olympic Team in 1996, 2000 and 2004, earning two gold medals and one silver. In 2001, Mia became a founding member of the Women’s United Soccer Association and then led the Washington Freedom to the Founder’s Cup.

Hamm’s mother, Stephanie, was a dancer, and she nicknamed her daughter Mia after prima ballerina Mia Slavenska. But Mia rejected her mother’s attempts to make her into a dancer. Hamm refused to continue after just two ballet lessons when she was about six years old.

Hamm was a star player on the U.S. women’s soccer teams that won two world championships and an Olympic gold medal. In 1999, she set the world record for career goals in international soccer competition. Her latest achievement is helping to start the first women’s professional soccer league in the United States.

Nomar Garciaparram. 2003

Hamm went on to win two Olympic gold medals, an Olympic silver medal, two FIFA World Cups and four NCAA National Championships with the University of North Carolina. She was also a founding member of the Women’s United Soccer Association and led the Washington Freedom to the Founder’s Cup.

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Fun Facts about Mia Hamm She wrote a book titled Go for the Goal: A Champions Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life. Mia is married to professional baseball player Nomar Garciaparra. Mia was voted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. She started the Mia Hamm foundation to help Bone Marrow Research.

Mariel Margaret Hamm-Garciaparra

32 years (2 July 1989)

49 years (17 March 1972)

Hamm played college soccer for the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, creating a legacy for herself at the highest level of college soccer. At UNC, she was a major part of winning the national championship all four years she attended the school.

Mia Hammm. 2003

2004

She has maintained an active presence within the soccer community and has served as an outspoken advocate for Title IX and gender equality across sporting lines, all the while cementing her status as the face of not merely a sport but rather of an entire generation of female athletes through her Mia Hamm Foundation.

Eight years after Mia Hamm retired from soccer stardom, she’s still running hard to achieve her goals. Now she runs the Mia Hamm Foundation, which supports organized sports for girls and helps families in need of bone marrow and cord blood transplants.

Brandi Chastain net worth: Brandi Chastain is an American professional soccer player who has a net worth of $2.5 million dollars. Brandi Chastain was born in San Jose, California, and was already a soccer star by the time she completed high school.

Indeed, Nomar Garciaparra is considered one of the best baseball players. No doubt, joining MLB is every baseball player’s dream, and Garciaparra is a retired MLB player. Garciaparra is currently associated with SportsNet LA as an analyst.

Mia had many problems and challenges in her life. One of her problems was that she went to training camp and she thought she was just doing soccer, but she had to work out with weights and other fitness equipment.

Which of these happened after Mia Hamm retired from professional soccer? Hamm received the Honda-Broderick Award as the most outstanding female athlete. Hamm was appointed international ambassador for the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Hamm’s soccer jersey was officially retired by the University of North Carolina.

Bill Hamm

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1989–1993

Because her parents moved to Italy that year, Dorrance was declared her legal guardian and remains one of the most influential figures in her life. At the university, she led her team to four National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) soccer championships.

Garrett Hamm

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1989–1993

But the young Cincinnatian shined in the spotlight, and the world took notice. Lavelle’s elementary school, St. Vincent Ferrer School in Cincinnati, posted a photo of a young Lavelle dressed up as Mia Hamm, a two-time Women’s World Cup champion.