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Two Olympic gold medals
- T he most competitive player, Michael Jordan has won two Olympic gold medals during his successive career. His first came in 1984 when he led Team USA to victory in Los Angeles, delivering a crucial win after a gold-less stretch. Jordan’s second gold was earned as part of the legendary "Dream Team" in 1992, during the Barcelona Games.
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Jul 31, 2021 · Ask any NBA player and the answer might be the same, they’d pick Olympic Gold over a league championship win, if given a choice. So for Michael Jordan, his moment of reckoning came in 1984 when he played his first Summer games.
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In 1984, Jordan led the United States to an Olympic gold medal. Turning to professional basketball after his junior year in college, he became the greatest player in the NBA (National Basketball Association).
Sixth player in history to win an Olympic gold medal, NCAA championship and NBA championship Clyde Lovellette , Bill Russell , K.C. Jones , Jerry Lucas , Quinn Buckner and Earvin "Magic" Johnson have also achieved this.
The team won two gold medals: the first in the 1992 Tournament of the Americas, [203] and the second in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Jordan was the only player to start all eight games in the Olympics, averaged 14.9 ppg, and finished second on the team in scoring. [204]
He scored 21 points in the first round game and 22 in the gold medal contest. MJ also leaded the tournament with 37 steals. The U.S. team averaged an Olympic record of 117.3 points a game, and won by an average of 43.8 points.
Jordan won its first medal at the Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro in 2016, when Ahmad Abughaush took the gold in the Men's 68 kg tournament in Taekwondo. Jordan earned its second medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with another taekwondo achievement as Saleh Al-Sharabaty won a silver medal in the 80 kg category.
Jun 15, 2018 · Jordan is the only Tar Heel to win two Olympic Gold medals in men’s basketball (1984 and 1992), and leads all UNC alums in Olympic games (16), points (356), and most points in a game (24 in...
