Roles | Competed in Olympic Games • Non-starter |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Tiffany Marie•Roberts (-Sahaydak) |
Used name | Tiffany•Roberts |
Born | 5 May 1977 in Petaluma, California (USA) |
Measurements | 163 cm / 51 kg |
Affiliations | North Carolina Tar Heels, Chapel Hill (USA) |
NOC | United States |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 1 |
Silver | 0 |
Bronze | 0 |
Total | 1 |
Tiffany Roberts was a defender who won a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. She was on the 2004 Olympic team but did not play. Roberts also won three medals at the FIFA World Cup, a gold in 1999 and bronze medals in 1995 and 2003. She added a gold medal at the 1998 Goodwill Games, and played on the US National Team from 1994-2003, earning 110 international caps.
Roberts went to college at the University of North Carolina, leading the team to NCAA titles as a sophomore and junior. She played professionally from 2001-03 with the Carolina Courage and then played one year in 2005 with the Washington Freedom.
Roberts became a soccer (football) coach. She was head coach at Virginia Commonwealth University from 2007-12, and then took over the soccer program at the University of Central Florida.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1996 Summer Olympics | Football (Football) | USA | Tiffany Roberts | |||
Football, Women (Olympic) | United States | 1 | Gold | |||
2004 Summer Olympics | Football (Football) | USA | Tiffany Roberts | |||
Football, Women (Olympic) | United States |