Lea Henry

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Olympic medal record
Women's basketball
Competitor for the United States
Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Team competition
World University Games
Gold	1981 World University Games Bucharest, Romania	Team Competition
Gold	1983 Edmonton, Canada	Team Competition
Jones Cup
Bronze	1980 Jones Cup Taipei, Taiwan	Team Competition
Silver	1982 Jones Cup Taipei, Taiwan	Team Competition
Gold	1984 Jones Cup Taipei, Taiwan	Team Competition

Lea Henry (born 22 November 1961) is an American former basketball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[1]

USA Basketball

Henry traveled to Taiwan with the team representing the USA at the 1980 Women's R. William Jones Cup competition. The team had a record of 7–2, and won the bronze medal.^[2] Henry returned with the USA team to the Jones cup competition in 1982. This time, the USA posted a 7–1 record to earn the silver medal. Henry was the leading scorer for the USA team with 19.6 points per game which earned her a position on the Jones Cup All-Tournament team.^[3] Henry also competed in the 1984 Jones Cup tournament. The USA sent the 1984 Olympic team to the Tournament as part of their pre-Olympic training. This team won all eight games to earn the gold medal.^[4]

Henry played on the 1981 and 1983 World University games teams, coached by Kay Yow and Jill Hutchison, respectively. She helped each team win the gold medal for the USA team.^[5]^[6]

References

↑ "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
↑ "1980 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP". USA Basketball. Retrieved 7 Feb 2014.
↑ "1982 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP". USA Basketball. Retrieved 7 Feb 2014.
↑ "1984 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP". USA Basketball. Retrieved 7 Feb 2014.
↑ "ELEVENTH WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES -- 1981". USA Basketball. Retrieved 07 Feb 2014.
↑ "TWELVTH WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES -- 1983". USA Basketball. Retrieved 3 May 2013.

v t e United States women's squad – 1984 Summer Olympics – Gold medal

4 Edwards 5 Henry 6 Woodard 7 Donovan 8 Boswell 9 Miller 10 Lawrence 11 Noble 12 Mulkey 13 Curry 14 McGee 15 Menken-Schaudt Coach: Summitt

v t e Florida Gators women's basketball

Arena	Florida Gymnasium (1974–1980) Stephen C. O'Connell Center (1980– )

Players	Florida Gators basketball players

Head coaches	Paula Welch (1974–1976) Cathy Davis (1976–1979) Mickie DeMoss (1979–1983) Deborah Yow (1983–1985) Carol Whitmire Higginbottom (1985–1990) Lea Henry (1990) Carol Ross (1990–2002) Carolyn Peck (2002–2007) Amanda Butler (2007– )

NCAA tournaments	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 2004 2006 2009 2012

Conference affiliations	Southeastern Conference

Culture and lore	Albert and Alberta "The Orange and Blue" "We are the Boys" Gatorade Gator Chomp Left–Right Stephen C. O'Connell

Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Persondata
Name	Henry, Lea
Alternative names
Short description	Olympic medalist in basketball
Date of birth	22 November 1961
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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