Laura Berg
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Medal record | |||
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Competitor for United States | |||
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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Categories: 1975 births | Living people | American softball players | Olympic softball players of the United States | Olympic gold medalists for the United States | Softball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Softball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Softball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics | California sportspeople