| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | Senior | 2004 | Athens, GRE | |
| FIFA Women's World Cup | ||||
| 2 | Senior | 2011 | Germany | |
| 3 | Senior | 2007 | China | |
| 3 | Senior | 2003 | United States | |
Hobbies
Listening to music, reading, playing video games, mountain biking, camping. (allamericanspeakers.com, 18 Jul 2011)
Education
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Language(s) spoken
English
Coach
Pia Sundhage [national] (SWE) from 2008 (deportesus.terra.com, 30 Jan 2012; ussoccer.com, 31 Dec 2011)
Position and style
Forward (FIFA, 16 Oct 2003)
Other sports
Her sister, Laura, played football at Xavier University. Another sister, Beth, played basketball at Harvard. (USA Soccer, 15 Apr 2008)
Debut
2001 for United States, against Germany (USA Soccer, 15 Apr 2008)
Injuries
In 2011 she played with an injured Achilles tendon. (democratandchronicle.com, 22 Dec 2011)
She required 10 stitches after clashing heads with DPR Korea's Ri Kum Suk in the United States' opening match of the 2007 World Cup in China. (usatoday.com, 13 Sep 2007)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
She played in her first youth league match at age four. After scoring 27 goals in three matches she was moved from the girls' team to the boys' team. (abbywambach.com, 11 May 2007)
Hero
Mia Hamm. (abbywambach.com, 09 Feb 2012)
Most influential person in career
Two trainers called Randy Bower; from her time in College in Florida and Jerry Smith, her U21 National team coach. " These people gave me the tools to be successful." (abbywambach.com, 09 Feb 2012)
Awards
She was named the 2011 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year after helping lead the United States team to the final of the Women's World Cup that year. She was the first individual soccer player to win the award. (democratandchronicle.com, 22 Dec 2011)
She was named US Soccer's Female Player of the Year in 2003 and 2004. (USA Soccer, 15 Apr 2008)
Female Athlete of the Month January 2012 [USOC] USA Olympic Committee. (abbywambach.com, 09 Feb 2012)
Inducted into University of Florida Hall of Fame Class 2012. (gatorcountry.com, 07 Sep 2011)
US Soccer Player of the Year 2011. (abbywambach.com, 20 Jan 2012)
General
AFTER FOOTBALL
When she retires from football she wants to travel the world in a humanitarian role. She would also like to own real estate and become involved in real estate. "I want to travel the world in a different capacity. Not as a soccer player but as a humanitarian, a philanthropist. I want to own restaurants and real estate." (abbywambach.com, 09 Feb 2012)
PLAYER/COACH ROLE
She took up a player/coach role at her club majicJack for the remainder of the 2011 season. (espn.go.com, 20 Jul 2011)
Previous Olympics
Athens 2004
