Lauren Jackson

Lauren Elizabeth Jackson (born May 11, 1981 in Albury, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian professional basketball player. She is a forward/center with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Canberra Capitals of the Australian WNBL. She is universally considered to be the best Australian female basketball player of all time, and one of the best players in the world.

Off the court

Jackson posed nude in an Australian magazine, Black + White, that featured Olympic athletes who were set to compete in Athens in the 2004 Summer Olympics. The expensively-printed magazine/book has been produced for the last three Olympic Games, and by the 2004 edition was considered relatively uncontroversial in Australia with its "artistic" approach to nude photography and its equal coverage of male and female athletes. While Jackson considered it an honor to be in the magazine, it was the subject of some controversy in Seattle. Jackson also posed for the 2005 edition of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

Related Topics:
2004 Summer Olympics - Seattle - 2005 - Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

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