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American soccer player (born )

Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm (born March 17, ) is an American former professional soccer player, two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion.

Hailed as a soccer icon,^{[2][3][4][5][6]} she played as a forward for the United States national team from to Hamm was the face of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first professional women's soccer league in the United States, where she played for the Washington Freedom from to She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels and helped the team win four NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship titles.

Hamm competed in four FIFA Women's World Cups: the inaugural tournament in China, in Sweden, and in the United States. She led the team at three Olympic Games — in Atlanta (the first time women's soccer was played), in Sydney, and in Athens.

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