Sue Bird is a former WNBA player who played most of her career with the Seattle Storms.
She is one of the most remarkable women to ever play in the WNBA in history as of today, 2022.
Her achievements speak a lot as she has won everything a basketball player ever wishes to get.
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Sue Bird Biography
She was born on the 16th of October, 1980, in Syosset, Nassau County, New York, in the United States of America.
She will be 42 years old as of 2022, but she has yet to celebrate her birthday for the year, which will happen in some weeks.
She is of different and mixed heritage, which sees her inheriting her father’s Jewish/Russian bloodline.
Bird is also part of Israel, where she owns citizenship because of her father’s family line, who are from the same place.
Her birth country is the United States of America, where she did her growing up on Long Island, New York City.
She had a good childhood and all the support despite how different she looked from other children her age.
Her love for sports started when she was still younger, and luckily for her, she had all the support of her parents, who allowed her to follow it through.
Her father’s name is Herschel Bird; he is a businessman who is well known in their community for his good deeds.
Her mother’s name is Nancy Bird; she is a homemaker who had a lot to do with the life of her daughter, Sue.
She didn’t grow up as the only child of her family when she was still a little girl under the care of her mother and father.
She has just one sibling who is her elder sister whom they shared everything until they moved on with their personal lives.
Her sister’s name is Jan Bird, there isn’t much information about her online, but she is doing well for herself today.
Bird Age
Sue Bird’s age is 41 as of today, but she will clock 42 years old on October 16th, which is the day of her birthday in 2022.
She is the youngest of her family of two children; both of them are females and also doing well for themselves.
Her life is with so much, and mostly, her sexuality was a question until she openly came out.
It has been a common trend for many sportswomen to get their sexuality questioned a lot, and sometimes, most of them keep that part of them private.
Sue Bird isn’t that kind, as she wasted no time showing who she truly is to everyone before the questions got too much for her to handle.
She is a proud gay woman who has a successful relationship with her partner Megan Rapinoe with who they have been together for so many years.
She is also a beautiful woman who is down to earth, and despite being 40 plus, she still looks much younger and stunning.
Despite retiring from active basketball, she sometimes goes for workouts to make sure her body is in shape every day.
Bird Height
Sue Bird’s height is 5 ft 9 inches tall, and she measures 175 cm, which is perfect for a basketball player.
Her height played a massive role throughout her career, playing as a point guard with the number 10 shirt.
She is over the average height of women in general, and also, when it comes to basketball, she hits the normal height range.
Her ability to overpower play worked out well for her, as her height wasn’t mainly the best part of her playing.
She wasn’t the tallest during her active days, but her records are untouchable amongst all her teammates.
Bird Career
Sue Bird had achieved so much in her career from when she started until the day she retired from Basketball.
Her career started in high school, playing for Syosset High School.
She later switched schools to join Christ the King Regional High School in Queens, New York City.
During her time in high school, she went on to establish herself and set so many records before passing out into College.
So many Colleges offered her a chance to come to join them, but she wasn’t sure of getting enough playing time due to the kind of players they already had then.
Sue Bird decided to join Boston College after so much consideration concerning a way to move forward and get more time on the court.
She continues to flourish in all areas and molds herself into a better player ahead of her professional career in the WNBA.
She got drafted in 2002 and was the number one overall pick in the WNBA draft by the Seattle Storm.
Her career started immediately with the Seattle Storm as a rookie who went on to play in 35 games that season.
She continued making a name for herself while she also had to move abroad during the offseason to play for Dynamo Moscow at first in 2004 to 2006.
Her next offseason move was to another team Spartak Moscow Region from 2006 to 2011, which was also in Russia.
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The last she played for was UMMC Ekaterinburg, which was a fantastic experience, and she also played for the United States of America basketball team.
Sue Bird’s career with Seattle Storm continued from 2002 to 2022 before deciding to retire from her 20 years of WNBA career, which had many successes to her name.
Sue Bird Stats
Sue Bird’s stats are off the charts, making her one of the best players in WNBA history.
She won the award for USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year, which was in 2021.
She also won the WNBA Championship four times, which happened in 2004, 2010, 2018, and 2020.
Sue is also a 13-time WNBA All-Star in 2002, 2003, 2005–2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, and 2022.
She is a 5-Time All-WNBA First Team which, was from 2002 to 2005 and later on in 2016.
Sue Bird has won 5 gold medals in the Olympics with the United States of America Women Basketball team.
She also four gold and one bronze medal in the world basketball championship with her country.
Sue Bird’s overall career, she played over 580 games for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA and averaged 11.17 points in the regular season and playoff 60 games and an average of 11.7.
