Serena Completed The Career Grand Slam By Winning At The 2012 Olympics

Serena and her sister Venus won the gold medal in the doubles competition at the Sydney Summer Olympics in 2000. Venus and Serena once again won the doubles event at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 after defeating Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual. The team replicated the feat at the London Olympics in 2012, taking home their third doubles gold medal. Venus had already won the gold medal in the Olympic singles competition, but Serena had not. She won the singles gold medal at the 2012 Olympics by defeating her longtime adversary Maria Sharapova in the final 6-0, 6-1. This is obviously one of the major accomplishments of Serena Williams.

Thus, Serena has four Olympic gold medals to her name, tying her sister Venus for the most in history. Additionally, by winning the singles gold medal, she achieved the career Golden Slam, which entails winning the Olympic gold as well as all four Grand Slams. Only two women—Serena Williams and Steffi Graf—have ever achieved a lifetime Golden Slam. The William sisters were unable to add to their collection of gold medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Additionally, they lost their doubles match after a 15-match winning run.