 Carrie Tollefson was on the 2004 Summer Olympic team as a distance runner and ranked 5th in 2006.Minnesota was well represented in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Bejiing,
including Sada Jacobson (Rochester, Minnesota) already had won the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympic games in sabre fencing.Minnesota Lynx players were part of six consecutive and eight overall victories in women's basketball.