Penelope Jane Taylor popularly known as Penny Taylor is an Australian retired professional basketball player and assistant coach.
During her 19-year career, Taylor spent the most time with the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, where she won three championships.
She also won the WNBL title with her first club, the Australian Institute of Sport, and played in China, Italy, Turkey and Russia.
As part of the Australian woman’s national team, Taylor won two Olympic medals and led the Australian Opals to a gold medal at the World Championships, winning tournament MVP honours ahead of teammate Lauren Jackson.
Taylor was married in 2005 to Brazilian volleyball player Rodrigo Rodrigues Gil, but they later divorced.
On 13 May 2017, she married fellow Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi and on March 1, 2018, the couple welcomed their first son Leo Michael Taurasi-Taylor.
It was announced Taylor was pregnant with their second child in July 26, and on the October 9, 2021, Taylor gave birth to their first daughter, Isla Taurasi-Taylor, with Taurasi by her side mere hours after Taurasi played the Las Vegas Aces in Las Vegas for game five of the 2021 WNBA Semifinals.
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