Laura Berg

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Medal record
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Women's softball
Olympic Games
Gold 1996 Atlanta Team competition
Gold 2000 Sydney Team competition
Gold 2004 Athens Team competition

Laura Kay Berg (born January 6, 1975 in Whittier, California) is an American softball player. She graduated from Fresno State in 1998. She has a rare distinction of having won three gold medals in the Summer Olympics.

[edit] Awards and Honors

  • 2005 International Sports Invitational Champion
  • 2004 Gold medalist at Athens Olympic Games
  • 2003 Gold medalist at Pan American Games
  • 2002 Gold medalist at ISF World Championships
  • 2000 Gold medalist at Olympic Games in Sydney , started in all 10 games
  • 2001 Played for WPSL Gold professional team consisting of 2000 Olympians
  • 1999 Gold medalist at Pan American Games, batted .385 with 15 hits
  • 1998 Gold medalist at ISF World Championships
  • 1998 Led Fresno State Bulldogs to NCAA Championship
  • WAC Champions- Fresno State
  • Second FSU player to record 100 or more hits in a season
  • Four-time NFCA All-American (three First-Team and one Third-Team)
  • Four-time NCAA All-Regional Team
  • 1996 Gold medalist at Olympic Games in Atlanta ,
  • 1994 Gold medalist at ISF World Championships, hit .385

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