Mia Hamm also known as Mariel Margaret Hamm, was an elite soccer player that for the United States women’s professional soccer team for 17 years. She was a member of the team when they won the World Cup in 1991 and 1999. She was also a Gold Medal winner in the 1996 and 2004 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and Athens, Greece. She began playing for the Women’s National Team at the early age of 15. She later founded the Mia Hamm Foundation after her brother passed away. This foundation is dedicated to bone marrow