Liz Cambage

Cambage was born in London to a Nigerian father and an Australian mother. Her parents separated when she was three months old, and she moved to Australia with her mother. The family first settled in Eden, New South Wales, before moving to Melbourne when Cambage was 10 and later to the Mornington Peninsula.

She was six feet tall by the age of 10 and reached 1.96 metres by the time she was 14. After being teased about her height at school, she began playing basketball at her mother's suggestion as a way to make friends. She developed through the Dandenong Rangers and the Australian Institute of Sport before becoming a leading centre in Australian basketball.

Cambage was selected by the Tulsa Shock with the second overall pick in the 2011 WNBA draft. She made the WNBA All-Star team as a rookie and returned to Tulsa for the 2013 season after withdrawing from the remainder of the 2012 season following the London Olympics. She then spent five years away from the WNBA before signing with the Dallas Wings in 2018.

On 17 July 2018, Cambage scored 53 points against the New York Liberty in a 104-87 Dallas victory. The performance established the WNBA single-game scoring record, which was later tied by A'ja Wilson. Cambage also scored 35 points against the Washington Mystics in her next game, giving her 88 points across two games, the highest two-game total in league history at the time. She led the league in scoring in 2018, earned All-WNBA First Team honours, and was selected for the All-Star Game.

Cambage requested a trade from Dallas in 2019 and was traded to the Las Vegas Aces. She made another All-Star appearance that season and earned All-WNBA Second Team honours. She sat out the 2020 WNBA season because of health concerns and pre-existing risk factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic, returned to the Aces in 2021, and signed with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2022. At her request, the Sparks released her in July 2022, and she announced the following month that she was stepping away from the WNBA.

Cambage made her senior debut for the Australian Opals in 2009 after representing Australia in junior competition. She was selected for the 2012 Olympic team and helped Australia win a bronze medal in London. During the tournament, she became the first Australian basketball player to dunk at the Olympic Games when she completed a one-handed dunk in a victory over Russia.

She missed eight months after rupturing her Achilles tendon shortly before the 2014 World Championships. At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she led Australia in scoring and rebounding as the team reached the quarter-finals. She later won Commonwealth Games gold with Australia in 2018 and helped the Opals earn silver at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.

Cambage was selected for Australia's Tokyo Olympic team but withdrew in July 2021, citing mental health issues. Her international career with the Opals ran from 2009 to 2021.

Cambage returned to the Women's Chinese Basketball Association in 2024 by signing with Sichuan Yuanda. She averaged 23.1 points and 11.3 rebounds over 18 games, helping Sichuan win the WCBA championship.

She re-signed with Sichuan in June 2024 for the 2024-2025 season. Her professional career has included teams in Australia, the United States, China and Israel.