Penny Taylor Age, Height, Family, Career, Net Worth & Facts

Who is Penny Taylor ?

Penny Taylor

Who does not know about Penny Taylor? She is one of the most popular basketball players of team Australia. She has also worked as an assistant coach in the team. Moreover, this blonde hair player’s net worth is 2M. However, she is not playing anymore as she is just focusing on her family right now.

Penny Taylor Net Worth

Penny Taylor is one of the famous former basketball players as well as coach. Moreover, she has a net worth of around 2M. However, she has never talked about her net worth, income or employment.

Penny Taylor Bio

Full NamePenny Taylor
ProfessionBasketball Players
Date of Birth24th May, 1981
Age42 years old
Zodiac SignGemini
ReligionChristian
NationalityAustralian

Penny Taylor’s full name is Penelope Jane Taylor. However, people know her as Penny Taylor. This blonde-haired girl was born on 24th May, 1981 in Melbourne, Australia. So, you now know that she is a pure Australian and has a Gemini sign.

Penny is the daughter of Dennaa Noble and Michael Taylor. Unfortunately, her mother died because of cancer in 2013. After one year, her father also got cancer and died in December of 2014. She has one brother and two sisters known as Abbey, Philip, and Heather.

Penny Taylor Education

Penny started her game with the Belgrave South Red Devils Basketball Club when she was 4. After that, she got a chance to join Nunawading Spectres. However, she later became a member of Upwey High School.

When she became a graduate then she was awarded a scholarship to the AIS known as the Australian Institute Of Sports. Thus, in 1997-1998, she started her WNBL career.

Penny Taylor Career

Penny has always been an ambitious girl! She knew what she wanted to do. Thus, after debuting in 1997-1998 as a player in AIS, she won the WNBL championship in 1999. After that, her road to success became quite easy as she moved towards the Dandenong Rangers. She stayed in this squad till 2002.

In 2001, the Cleveland Rockers picked her up in the WNBA Draft. She spent around 3 seasons on this team. Nevertheless, she then switched towards the Phoenix Mercury in the end of 2004. This was an important change in her WNBA career. In a short period, she won the WNBA championship and All-Star around 3 times.

Penny was named to the All-Star WNBA First Team and All-WNBA Second Team. Moreover, she has the 3rd highest rank in the history of basketball. However, many players tried to compete with her outside the WNBA but they could not get a chance to win.

In 2006, Penny Taylor won the World Championship. She also took part in the Olympics season 2004 and 2008. Not just that, she guided the squad to earn silver medals in the competitions. Unfortunately, she missed a lot of competitions because of her injuries.

This amazing basketball player got a knee injury in 2012 while participating in the Summer Olympics. In 2016, she quit the game and retired. However, in the mid of 2017, the Phoenix Mercury planned a big retirement party for her. After that, she planned to start recruiting as the Director of Player Development And Performance of the team. She took a leave of one year from coaching and came back in 2018.

In 2019, she became an assistant coach of the team but she had to face a lot of issues. It was a tough time for her because of her personal issues. However, she was brave enough to handle things on her own. Her career ended when she became a mother of a son.

Penny Taylor Height

Penny had a good height of around 6 feet and 1 inches. However, she has always maintained her weight as 75 KG. This beautiful lady has blonde hair and she never tried to change her color. Not just that, she has pretty brown eyes.

Height 6 feet 1 inches
Weight75 KG
Eye ColourBrown eyes
Hair ColourBlonde hair

Penny Taylor Achievements

Penny Taylor Achievements

Throughout her career as a basketball player, Penny has earned a lot of awards and honors. She has been 3-times WNBA champion, 3-times WNBA All-Star, and 3-times WNBL TopShooter Award winner. Moreover, she has earned the title of FIBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MVP around 2 times.

Penny Taylor Marriage

Penny is a bisexual and she was first married to a Brazilian volleyball player in 2005. Unfortunately, the two have faced many issues due to which they got divorced in 2008.

However, she got married again to Diana Taurasi on 13th May,2017. Diana is also a famous Olympic player. She has earned 5 gold medals in the Olympics. Both these players respect each other a lot in public. Not just that, Penny supports Diana on her professional accomplishments as they belong to the same game.

First MarriedBrazilian volleyball player in 2005 ‘ 2008
MarriedDiana Taurasi (13th May,2017)
HusbandDiana Taurasi
Diana Taurasi
Children2

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Facts

  • Penny Taylor is a Gemini and the best match for her are 3 stars including Libra, Leo, and Aquarius.
  • She is married to a woman who is also a basketball player known as Diana Taurasi.
  • This blonde lady has two children.
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  • Penny has an Australian nationality and she is a Christian.

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