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Calculated Shard: 152 (from laksa121)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa152.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant","crawl_time":1773975897,"first_indexed_time":1450717904,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,wikipedia!en,\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant s443","src_root_hash":"17790707453426894952","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Gianna Bryant - Wikipedia","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nGianna Bryant\nBryant in 2019\nBorn\nGianna Maria-Onore Bryant\nMay 1, 2006\nOrange County, California\n, U.S.\nDied\nJanuary 26, 2020\n(aged 13)\nCalabasas, California\n, U.S.\nResting place\nPacific View Memorial Park\nOther names\nGigi, Mambacita\nParents\nKobe Bryant\n(father)\nVanessa Bryant\n(mother)\nGianna Maria-Onore Bryant\n(May 1, 2006 – January 26, 2020), also known as\nGigi Bryant\nand\nMambacita\n, was an American student-athlete and the daughter of former professional basketball player\nKobe Bryant\n.\n[\n1\n]\nAlong with her father and seven others, Bryant died in\na helicopter crash\nin January 2020 at age 13.\nGianna and her parents watch while her sister Natalia sells\nGirl Scout Cookies\nto President\nBarack Obama\nin the\nOval Office\n, January 26, 2010, exactly a decade before her and her father's deaths\nGianna \"Gigi\" Bryant was born on May 1, 2006, the daughter of\nNational Basketball Association\nHall-of-Famer athlete Kobe Bryant and businesswoman, philanthropist and model\nVanessa Bryant\n. She had an older sister, Natalia, and two younger sisters, Bianka and Capri. Bryant often accompanied her father, sitting with him at the 2008 NBA Finals press conference\n[\n2\n]\nand playing on the court during warm-ups at the 2016 All-Star Game.\n[\n3\n]\nThe\nHartford Courant\nreported, by 2018, when Bryant was only 11, that college basketball coaches were asking her father to encourage her to attend their colleges and join their teams.\n[\n4\n]\nBryant attended Harbor Day School in\nNewport Beach\n, where she played on the school basketball team and was a member of the student council.\n[\n5\n]\nBryant also played basketball for the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).\n[\n6\n]\nUSA Today\nnoted, in June 2018, that, having just turned 12, Bryant was already taller than her mother, and speculated that, by the time she was grown, Bryant might be close to the height of her father. They stated, \"That size with Bryant's skill is an absolutely terrifying combination for a young dynamo who clearly has the ability to dominate the flow of a game on the court.\"\n[\n7\n]\nIn December 2019, Gianna was captured in a video with her father talking intensely in the stands while watching a basketball game, the image of which was shared further after their deaths the following month.\n[\n8\n]\nOn December 30, 2019, Bryant's father Kobe made a trademark application for \"\nMambacita\n\", her sports nickname (derived from his, \"The Black Mamba\")\n[\n9\n]\non her behalf.\n[\n10\n]\nBryant, her father and seven other people died on January 26, 2020, in a helicopter crash at\nCalabasas, California\n. The other victims included two of Gianna's basketball teammates: Alyssa Altobelli (daughter of baseball coach\nJohn Altobelli\n) and Payton Chester. A postmortem revealed that the cause of death for all nine people was\nblunt trauma\nand the manner of death was an accident.\n[\n11\n]\nTributes and funeral services\n[\nedit\n]\nFans gathered in front of\nStaples Center\n(later Crypto.com Arena) on the day of Bryant's death\nOn February 7, 2020, Bryant and her father were buried in a private funeral in\nPacific View Memorial Park\nin the\nCorona del Mar\nneighborhood of Newport Beach, California.\n[\n12\n]\nA public memorial service was held on February 24 (2\/24, marking both Kobe's and Gianna's jersey numbers) at\nStaples Center\nwith\nJimmy Kimmel\nhosting. Speakers at the service included Vanessa, Jordan, and\nShaquille O'Neal\n, along with\nPhoenix Mercury\nguard\nDiana Taurasi\nand\nGeno Auriemma\n, Taurasi's coach at\nConnecticut\n, where Bryant had been aspiring to play.\n[\n13\n]\n[\n14\n]\n[\n15\n]\nIn the\n2020 WNBA draft\n, Bryant, Altobelli, and Chester were made honorary draft picks.\n[\n16\n]\n[\n17\n]\n[\n18\n]\nWNBA commissioner\nCathy Engelbert\nsaid, \"These athletes represented the future of the WNBA. Players who were following their passions, acquiring knowledge of the game, exhibiting skills that were way beyond their years. They represented the next generation of stars in our league, maybe what might have been called the 'Mambacita Generation'.\"\n[\n19\n]\nThe\nNBA\nsaid, \"Gianna Bryant was going to carry on a basketball legacy\". Russ Davis, the women's basketball coach at Vanguard University in Southern California. \"It's hard to predict her future, but with the way she was improving and the way she understood the game, she was going to have a bright one.\"\n[\n20\n]\nBryant's school, Harbor Day School, retired her jersey #2.\n[\n21\n]\nBryant was expected to play for the\nUniversity of Connecticut\n's\nUConn Huskies women's basketball\n; the team saved a seat for her at the game following her death, where they placed flowers and a UConn jersey bearing her No. 2 on the bench.\n[\n22\n]\n[\n23\n]\nUConn also posted to twitter, \"Mambacita is forever a Husky.\"\n[\n24\n]\n[\n25\n]\nIn 2022, the WNBA introduced an award named the Kobe & Gigi Advocacy Award: it is given out yearly to \"honor someone in the basketball space for their continued advocacy for girls and women's basketball around the country.\"\n[\n26\n]\nOn what would have been her 18th birthday in 2024, the Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation hosted a basketball camp called \"Play Gigi's Way\".\n[\n27\n]\nOn May 1, 2022, on what would have been Bryant's 16th birthday, Nike released the \"Mambacita Sweet 16\" shoe. It was black and white, meant to \"symbolize[s] Gigi Bryant's impact on basketball and her goal to build a better, more inclusive future for the game,\" Nike said.\n[\n28\n]\nIn May 2024,\nNike\nreleased a new colorway of the Nike Kobe 8 \"Mambacita\" sneaker in honor of what would have been Gianna's 18th birthday. Profits will benefit the Mambacita Sports Foundation, dedicated to supporting underserved child athletes.\n[\n29\n]\nNike added butterflies meant to show the \"transformational impact she had on highlighting women's sports\".\n[\n30\n]\nNumerous murals\nwere painted around\nLos Angeles\n, honoring Kobe and \"Gigi\" Bryant.\n[\n31\n]\nOn the second anniversary of their death, January 26, 2022, a 160 lb (73 kg) bronze statue of Gianna and her father was placed for a day at the site of the crash. The sculptor, Dan Medina, said that he was working on a life-size version of the work and hoped to site it in downtown Los Angeles.\n[\n32\n]\nIn February 2024, when a Statue of Kobe Bryant was installed at his team's basketball court, Gianna's mother Vanessa Bryant said that two more statues were planned for that site including \"one with our beautiful daughter Gianna\".\n[\n33\n]\nA statue depicting her and her father embracing\nwas unveiled on August 2, 2024, near\nCrypto.com Arena\n.\n[\n34\n]\n[\n35\n]\n[\n36\n]\nThe pose was inspired by various moments from 2019 of the two sitting courtside at numerous\nLos Angeles Lakers\ngames and one\nBrooklyn Nets\ngame.\n^\n\"Gianna Bryant, 13, was going to carry on a basketball legacy\"\n.\nAP News\n. January 28, 2020\n. Retrieved\nMay 31,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers kisses daughter Gianna in a...\"\nGetty Images\n. June 16, 2008\n. Retrieved\nJune 1,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"R.I.P. Kobe Bryant: NBA legend and daughter Gianna's relationship in photos\"\n.\nYahoo Sports\n. January 26, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJune 1,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Gianna Bryant, 13, was going to carry on a basketball legacy with plans to play at UConn and beyond\"\n.\nHartford Courant\n. January 27, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2024\n.\n^\nMerrett, Robyn (February 6, 2020).\n\"Gianna Bryant's Middle School Harbor Day Retires Her Jersey in Touching Gymnasium Ceremony\"\n.\nPeoplemag\n. Retrieved\nJune 3,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Gianna Bryant Was A Star In The Making\"\n.\nGirls United\n. May 1, 2024\n. Retrieved\nMay 31,\n2024\n.\n^\nSmith, Cam (June 26, 2018).\n\"Kobe Bryant's daughter Gianna shows off transition defense, slick spin move\"\n.\nUSA Today High School Sports\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2024\n.\n^\nStaff, In Touch (January 26, 2020).\n\"Kobe Bryant Explained Basketball Game to Gianna in Video Before Death\"\n.\nIn Touch Weekly\n. Retrieved\nJune 1,\n2024\n.\n^\nGaines, Cork (January 27, 2023).\n\"Kobe Bryant created his 'Black Mamba' alter-ego as a way to get through the lowest point of his career\"\n.\nBusiness Insider\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2024\n.\n^\nMizoguchi, Karen (January 27, 2020).\n\"Kobe Bryant Filed Trademark for Daughter Gianna's Nickname 'Mambacita' a Month Before Their Deaths\"\n.\nPeople\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Kobe Bryant helicopter crash post-mortem released\"\n. BBC. May 16, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJune 3,\n2024\n.\n^\nBoren, Cindy (February 12, 2020).\n\"Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna were buried near their home in a private service last week\"\n.\nThe Washington Post\n. Washington, D.C.: WP Company LLC\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 13,\n2020\n.\n^\nTurner, Broderick (February 7, 2020).\n\"Vanessa Bryant announces 'A Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna\"\n.\nLos Angeles Times\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 9,\n2020\n.\n^\nBieler, Desmond (February 7, 2020).\n\"Kobe Bryant public memorial service set for Feb. 24 at Staples Center\"\n.\nWashington Post\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 9,\n2020\n.\n^\nAlmasy, Steve; Melas, Chloe (February 7, 2020).\n\"Kobe Bryant memorial service will be held February 24 at Staples Center\"\n. CNN\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 9,\n2020\n.\n^\nHays, Graham (April 17, 2020).\n\"Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli, Payton Chester selected as honorary picks at WNBA draft\"\n.\nESPN.com\n. Retrieved\nJuly 11,\n2023\n.\n^\n\"Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli, Payton Chester selected as honorary picks at WNBA draft\"\n. ESPN. April 17, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJune 3,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"2020 WNBA Draft: Gianna Bryant, teammates in fatal helicopter crash, selected as honorary draft picks\"\n.\nCBSSports.com\n. April 18, 2020\n. Retrieved\nMay 31,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli, Payton Chester selected as honorary picks at WNBA draft\"\n.\nESPN.com\n. April 17, 2020\n. Retrieved\nMay 31,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Gianna Bryant was going to carry on a basketball legacy\"\n.\nNBA.com\n. January 14, 2020\n. Retrieved\nMay 31,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Gianna Bryant's No. 2 jersey retired by her school\"\n.\nwthr.com\n. February 6, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJune 1,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Gianna Bryant mourned by UConn women's basketball team before game\"\n. January 28, 2020\n. Retrieved\nMay 31,\n2024\n.\n^\nStein, Marc (January 29, 2020).\n\"Kobe Bryant Saw His Greatness Mirrored in Gianna\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n.\nISSN\n \n0362-4331\n. Retrieved\nJune 1,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"\n'Mambacita Is Forever A Husky': UConn Honors Kobe Bryant's Daughter Gianna - CBS Boston\"\n.\nwww.cbsnews.com\n. January 28, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJune 1,\n2024\n.\n^\nMcLaughlin, Eliott C. (January 28, 2020).\n\"Gigi Bryant always wanted to be a UConn Husky. Now, she'll be one forever\"\n.\nCNN\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2024\n.\n^\nPeterson, Chloe.\n\"Ann Meyers Drysdale, 1st woman to sign in NBA with Pacers, wins Kobe & Gigi Advocacy Award\"\n.\nThe Indianapolis Star\n. Retrieved\nJune 1,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Vanessa Bryant Honors Late Daughter Gianna by Hosting Basketball Camp\"\n.\nEntertainment Tonight\n. Retrieved\nJune 1,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Remembering Gigi Bryant: Rising basketball star would've celebrated 16th birthday Sunday\"\n.\nFOX 11\n. April 29, 2022\n. Retrieved\nMay 31,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Vanessa Bryant Tells Late Daughter Gianna 'I Miss You' on What Would Have Been Her 18th Birthday\"\n.\nPeoplemag\n. Retrieved\nMay 31,\n2024\n.\n^\nNews •, Gabrielle Chung | E! (May 1, 2024).\n\"How Vanessa Bryant celebrated late daughter Gigi on her 18th birthday\"\n.\nNBC10 Philadelphia\n. Retrieved\nMay 31,\n2024\n.\n^\nSblendorio, Peter (March 9, 2020).\n\"Kobe Bryant's oldest daughter takes photo in front of mural honoring NBA icon and sister Gianna\"\n.\nHartford Courant\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Statue of Kobe, daughter placed at site of crash\"\n.\nESPN.com\n. January 27, 2022\n. Retrieved\nJune 3,\n2024\n.\n^\nHealy, Jon (February 9, 2024).\n\"Kobe Bryant statue unveiled, as wife Vanessa reveals late daughter Gianna will be depicted in another\"\n.\nABC News\n. Retrieved\nJune 3,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Lakers Honor Kobe and Gianna Bryant With Rotblatt Amrany Sculpture | Studio Rotblatt Amrany\"\n.\nrotblattamrany.com\n. Retrieved\nAugust 4,\n2024\n.\n^\nGolliver, Ben (August 3, 2024).\n\"Lakers unveil statue honoring Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna\"\n.\nWashington Post\n.\nISSN\n \n0190-8286\n. Retrieved\nAugust 4,\n2024\n.\n^\nBernabe, Angeline Jane.\n\"New Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant statue celebrates the basketball legend's love for his daughters\"\n.\nABC News\n. 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[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/7\/7f\/Gianna_Bryant.jpg\/250px-Gianna_Bryant.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Gianna_Bryant.jpg)Bryant in 2019 |   |\n| Born | Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant (2006-05-01)May 1, 2006 [Orange County, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orange_County,_California \"Orange County, California\"), U.S. |\n| Died | January 26, 2020(2020-01-26) (aged 13) [Calabasas, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calabasas,_California \"Calabasas, California\"), U.S. |\n| Resting place | [Pacific View Memorial Park](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_View_Memorial_Park \"Pacific View Memorial Park\") |\n| Other names | Gigi, Mambacita |\n| Parents | [Kobe Bryant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kobe_Bryant \"Kobe Bryant\") (father) [Vanessa Bryant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vanessa_Bryant \"Vanessa Bryant\") (mother) |\n\n**Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant** (May 1, 2006 – January 26, 2020), also known as **Gigi Bryant** and **Mambacita**, was an American student-athlete and the daughter of former professional basketball player [Kobe Bryant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kobe_Bryant \"Kobe Bryant\").[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-1) Along with her father and seven others, Bryant died in [a helicopter crash](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_Calabasas_helicopter_crash \"2020 Calabasas helicopter crash\") in January 2020 at age 13.\n\n## Life\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=1 \"Edit section: Life\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a5\/President_Barack_Obama_Buys_Girl_Scout_Cookies_from_Natalia_Bryant_in_the_Oval_Office_-_DPLA_-_2df46c3416874089087c65643777df8b.jpg\/250px-President_Barack_Obama_Buys_Girl_Scout_Cookies_from_Natalia_Bryant_in_the_Oval_Office_-_DPLA_-_2df46c3416874089087c65643777df8b.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:President_Barack_Obama_Buys_Girl_Scout_Cookies_from_Natalia_Bryant_in_the_Oval_Office_-_DPLA_-_2df46c3416874089087c65643777df8b.jpg)\n\nGianna and her parents watch while her sister Natalia sells [Girl Scout Cookies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Girl_Scout_Cookies \"Girl Scout Cookies\") to President [Barack Obama](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barack_Obama \"Barack Obama\") in the [Oval Office](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oval_Office \"Oval Office\"), January 26, 2010, exactly a decade before her and her father's deaths\n\nGianna \"Gigi\" Bryant was born on May 1, 2006, the daughter of [National Basketball Association](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Basketball_Association \"National Basketball Association\") Hall-of-Famer athlete Kobe Bryant and businesswoman, philanthropist and model [Vanessa Bryant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vanessa_Bryant \"Vanessa Bryant\"). She had an older sister, Natalia, and two younger sisters, Bianka and Capri. Bryant often accompanied her father, sitting with him at the 2008 NBA Finals press conference[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-2) and playing on the court during warm-ups at the 2016 All-Star Game.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-3) The *[Hartford Courant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hartford_Courant \"Hartford Courant\")* reported, by 2018, when Bryant was only 11, that college basketball coaches were asking her father to encourage her to attend their colleges and join their teams.[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-4)\n\nBryant attended Harbor Day School in [Newport Beach](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newport_Beach,_California \"Newport Beach, California\"), where she played on the school basketball team and was a member of the student council.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-5) Bryant also played basketball for the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-:0-6)\n\n*[USA Today](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USA_Today \"USA Today\")* noted, in June 2018, that, having just turned 12, Bryant was already taller than her mother, and speculated that, by the time she was grown, Bryant might be close to the height of her father. They stated, \"That size with Bryant's skill is an absolutely terrifying combination for a young dynamo who clearly has the ability to dominate the flow of a game on the court.\"[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-7)\n\nIn December 2019, Gianna was captured in a video with her father talking intensely in the stands while watching a basketball game, the image of which was shared further after their deaths the following month.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-8) On December 30, 2019, Bryant's father Kobe made a trademark application for \"*Mambacita*\", her sports nickname (derived from his, \"The Black Mamba\")[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-9) on her behalf.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-10)\n\n## Death\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=2 \"Edit section: Death\")\\]\n\nMain article: [2020 Calabasas helicopter crash](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_Calabasas_helicopter_crash \"2020 Calabasas helicopter crash\")\n\nBryant, her father and seven other people died on January 26, 2020, in a helicopter crash at [Calabasas, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calabasas,_California \"Calabasas, California\"). The other victims included two of Gianna's basketball teammates: Alyssa Altobelli (daughter of baseball coach [John Altobelli](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Altobelli \"John Altobelli\")) and Payton Chester. A postmortem revealed that the cause of death for all nine people was [blunt trauma](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blunt_trauma \"Blunt trauma\") and the manner of death was an accident.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-11)\n\n## Tributes and funeral services\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=3 \"Edit section: Tributes and funeral services\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/be\/Kobe_Bryant_death.jpg\/250px-Kobe_Bryant_death.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kobe_Bryant_death.jpg)\n\nFans gathered in front of [Staples Center](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Staples_Center \"Staples Center\") (later Crypto.com Arena) on the day of Bryant's death\n\nOn February 7, 2020, Bryant and her father were buried in a private funeral in [Pacific View Memorial Park](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_View_Memorial_Park \"Pacific View Memorial Park\") in the [Corona del Mar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corona_del_Mar,_Newport_Beach \"Corona del Mar, Newport Beach\") neighborhood of Newport Beach, California.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-Boren-12) A public memorial service was held on February 24 (2\/24, marking both Kobe's and Gianna's jersey numbers) at [Staples Center](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Staples_Center \"Staples Center\") with [Jimmy Kimmel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Kimmel \"Jimmy Kimmel\") hosting. Speakers at the service included Vanessa, Jordan, and [Shaquille O'Neal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shaquille_O%27Neal \"Shaquille O'Neal\"), along with [Phoenix Mercury](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phoenix_Mercury \"Phoenix Mercury\") guard [Diana Taurasi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diana_Taurasi \"Diana Taurasi\") and [Geno Auriemma](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geno_Auriemma \"Geno Auriemma\"), Taurasi's coach at [Connecticut](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Connecticut_Huskies_women%27s_basketball \"Connecticut Huskies women's basketball\"), where Bryant had been aspiring to play.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-13)[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-14)[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-15)\n\n## Legacy\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=4 \"Edit section: Legacy\")\\]\n\n### Basketball\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section: Basketball\")\\]\n\nIn the [2020 WNBA draft](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_WNBA_draft \"2020 WNBA draft\"), Bryant, Altobelli, and Chester were made honorary draft picks.[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-16)[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-17)[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-18) WNBA commissioner [Cathy Engelbert](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cathy_Engelbert \"Cathy Engelbert\") said, \"These athletes represented the future of the WNBA. Players who were following their passions, acquiring knowledge of the game, exhibiting skills that were way beyond their years. They represented the next generation of stars in our league, maybe what might have been called the 'Mambacita Generation'.\"[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-19) The [NBA](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Basketball_Association \"National Basketball Association\") said, \"Gianna Bryant was going to carry on a basketball legacy\". Russ Davis, the women's basketball coach at Vanguard University in Southern California. \"It's hard to predict her future, but with the way she was improving and the way she understood the game, she was going to have a bright one.\"[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-20) Bryant's school, Harbor Day School, retired her jersey \\#2.[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-21)\n\nBryant was expected to play for the [University of Connecticut](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Connecticut \"University of Connecticut\")'s [UConn Huskies women's basketball](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UConn_Huskies_women%27s_basketball \"UConn Huskies women's basketball\"); the team saved a seat for her at the game following her death, where they placed flowers and a UConn jersey bearing her No. 2 on the bench.[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-22)[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-23) UConn also posted to twitter, \"Mambacita is forever a Husky.\"[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-24)[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-25)\n\nIn 2022, the WNBA introduced an award named the Kobe & Gigi Advocacy Award: it is given out yearly to \"honor someone in the basketball space for their continued advocacy for girls and women's basketball around the country.\"[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-26)\n\nOn what would have been her 18th birthday in 2024, the Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation hosted a basketball camp called \"Play Gigi's Way\".[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-27)\n\n### Brand name\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=6 \"Edit section: Brand name\")\\]\n\nOn May 1, 2022, on what would have been Bryant's 16th birthday, Nike released the \"Mambacita Sweet 16\" shoe. It was black and white, meant to \"symbolize\\[s\\] Gigi Bryant's impact on basketball and her goal to build a better, more inclusive future for the game,\" Nike said.[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-28) In May 2024, [Nike](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nike,_Inc. \"Nike, Inc.\") released a new colorway of the Nike Kobe 8 \"Mambacita\" sneaker in honor of what would have been Gianna's 18th birthday. Profits will benefit the Mambacita Sports Foundation, dedicated to supporting underserved child athletes.[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-29) Nike added butterflies meant to show the \"transformational impact she had on highlighting women's sports\".[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-30)\n\n### Artworks\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=7 \"Edit section: Artworks\")\\]\n\n[Numerous murals](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murals_of_Kobe_Bryant \"Murals of Kobe Bryant\") were painted around [Los Angeles](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles \"Los Angeles\"), honoring Kobe and \"Gigi\" Bryant.[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-31)\n\nOn the second anniversary of their death, January 26, 2022, a 160 lb (73 kg) bronze statue of Gianna and her father was placed for a day at the site of the crash. The sculptor, Dan Medina, said that he was working on a life-size version of the work and hoped to site it in downtown Los Angeles.[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-32) In February 2024, when a Statue of Kobe Bryant was installed at his team's basketball court, Gianna's mother Vanessa Bryant said that two more statues were planned for that site including \"one with our beautiful daughter Gianna\".[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-33)\n\n[A statue depicting her and her father embracing](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Statue_of_Kobe_and_Gianna_Bryant \"Statue of Kobe and Gianna Bryant\") was unveiled on August 2, 2024, near [Crypto.com Arena](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crypto.com_Arena \"Crypto.com Arena\").[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-34)[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-35)[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-36) The pose was inspired by various moments from 2019 of the two sitting courtside at numerous [Los Angeles Lakers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Lakers \"Los Angeles Lakers\") games and one [Brooklyn Nets](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brooklyn_Nets \"Brooklyn Nets\") game.\n\n## References\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=8 \"Edit section: References\")\\]\n\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-1)**\n   [\"Gianna Bryant, 13, was going to carry on a basketball legacy\"](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sports-general-basketball-ca-state-wire-sports-ap-top-news-0060efaefa9ce0326cb20b10df90150f). *AP News*. January 28, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024.\n2. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-2)**\n   [\"Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers kisses daughter Gianna in a...\"](https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/kobe-bryant-of-the-los-angeles-lakers-kisses-daughter-news-photo\/81583176) *Getty Images*. June 16, 2008. Retrieved June 1, 2024.\n3. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-3)**\n   [\"R.I.P. Kobe Bryant: NBA legend and daughter Gianna's relationship in photos\"](https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/rip-kobe-bryant-nba-legend-and-daughter-gianna-dead-in-helicopter-crash-220827283.html). *Yahoo Sports*. January 26, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2024.\n4. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-4)**\n   [\"Gianna Bryant, 13, was going to carry on a basketball legacy with plans to play at UConn and beyond\"](https:\/\/www.courant.com\/2020\/01\/27\/gianna-bryant-13-was-going-to-carry-on-a-basketball-legacy-with-plans-to-play-at-uconn-and-beyond\/). *Hartford Courant*. January 27, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2024.\n5. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-5)**\n   Merrett, Robyn (February 6, 2020). [\"Gianna Bryant's Middle School Harbor Day Retires Her Jersey in Touching Gymnasium Ceremony\"](https:\/\/people.com\/sports\/gianna-bryants-middle-school-harbor-day-retires-her-jersey-in-touching-gymnasium-ceremony\/). *Peoplemag*. Retrieved June 3, 2024.\n6. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-:0_6-0)**\n   [\"Gianna Bryant Was A Star In The Making\"](https:\/\/girlsunited.essence.com\/feedback\/news\/gianna-bryant-basketball-helicopter-crash\/). *Girls United*. May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.\n7. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-7)**\n   Smith, Cam (June 26, 2018). [\"Kobe Bryant's daughter Gianna shows off transition defense, slick spin move\"](https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2018\/kobe-bryants-daughter-gianna-shows-off-transition-defense-slick-spin-move). *USA Today High School Sports*. Retrieved June 4, 2024.\n8. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-8)**\n   Staff, In Touch (January 26, 2020). [\"Kobe Bryant Explained Basketball Game to Gianna in Video Before Death\"](https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/posts\/kobe-bryant-explained-basketball-game-to-gianna-in-video-before-death\/). *In Touch Weekly*. Retrieved June 1, 2024.\n9. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-9)**\n   Gaines, Cork (January 27, 2023). [\"Kobe Bryant created his 'Black Mamba' alter-ego as a way to get through the lowest point of his career\"](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/kobe-bryant-black-mamba-nickname-2022-6). *Business Insider*. Retrieved June 4, 2024.\n10. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-10)**\n    Mizoguchi, Karen (January 27, 2020). [\"Kobe Bryant Filed Trademark for Daughter Gianna's Nickname 'Mambacita' a Month Before Their Deaths\"](https:\/\/people.com\/sports\/kobe-bryant-filed-trademark-daughter-gianna-mambacita-month-before-deaths\/). *People*. Retrieved June 4, 2024.\n11. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-11)**\n    [\"Kobe Bryant helicopter crash post-mortem released\"](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-52687408). BBC. May 16, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2024.\n12. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-Boren_12-0)**\n    Boren, Cindy (February 12, 2020). [\"Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna were buried near their home in a private service last week\"](https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2020\/02\/12\/kobe-bryant-burial-service\/). *The Washington Post*. Washington, D.C.: WP Company LLC. Retrieved February 13, 2020.\n13. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-13)**\n    Turner, Broderick (February 7, 2020). [\"Vanessa Bryant announces 'A Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna\"](https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/lakers\/story\/2020-02-07\/vanessa-bryant-announces-a-celebration-of-life-for-kobe-and-gian). *[Los Angeles Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Times \"Los Angeles Times\")*. Retrieved February 9, 2020.\n14. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-14)**\n    Bieler, Desmond (February 7, 2020). [\"Kobe Bryant public memorial service set for Feb. 24 at Staples Center\"](https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2020\/02\/07\/kobe-bryant-memorial-service-staples-center\/). *[Washington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_Post \"Washington Post\")*. Retrieved February 9, 2020.\n15. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-15)**\n    Almasy, Steve; Melas, Chloe (February 7, 2020). [\"Kobe Bryant memorial service will be held February 24 at Staples Center\"](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/02\/06\/us\/kobe-bryant-memorial-service\/index.html). CNN. Retrieved February 9, 2020.\n16. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-16)**\n    Hays, Graham (April 17, 2020). [\"Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli, Payton Chester selected as honorary picks at WNBA draft\"](https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/29050684\/gianna-bryant-alyssa-altobelli-payton-chester-honorary-picks-wnba-draft). *ESPN.com*. Retrieved July 11, 2023.\n17. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-17)**\n    [\"Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli, Payton Chester selected as honorary picks at WNBA draft\"](https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/29050684\/gianna-bryant-alyssa-altobelli-payton-chester-honorary-picks-wnba-draft). ESPN. April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2024.\n18. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-18)**\n    [\"2020 WNBA Draft: Gianna Bryant, teammates in fatal helicopter crash, selected as honorary draft picks\"](https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/wnba\/news\/2020-wnba-draft-gianna-bryant-teammates-in-fatal-helicopter-crash-selected-as-honorary-draft-picks\/). *CBSSports.com*. April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024.\n19. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-19)**\n    [\"Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli, Payton Chester selected as honorary picks at WNBA draft\"](https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/29050684\/gianna-bryant-alyssa-altobelli-payton-chester-honorary-picks-wnba-draft). *ESPN.com*. April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024.\n20. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-20)**\n    [\"Gianna Bryant was going to carry on a basketball legacy\"](https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/gianna-bryant-kobe-bryant-life-future-basketball-legacy). *NBA.com*. January 14, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024.\n21. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-21)**\n    [\"Gianna Bryant's No. 2 jersey retired by her school\"](https:\/\/www.wthr.com\/article\/sports\/gianna-bryants-no-2-jersey-retired-her-school\/531-b1025918-3192-495d-9e2f-756d2fee7bc9). *wthr.com*. February 6, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2024.\n22. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-22)**\n    [\"Gianna Bryant mourned by UConn women's basketball team before game\"](https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/01\/27\/gianna-bryant-mourned-by-uconn-womens-basketball-team-before-game\/). January 28, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024.\n23. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-23)**\n    Stein, Marc (January 29, 2020). [\"Kobe Bryant Saw His Greatness Mirrored in Gianna\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/01\/28\/sports\/basketball\/kobe-bryant-gianna-shammgod.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_\\(identifier\\) \"ISSN (identifier)\") [0362-4331](https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/0362-4331). Retrieved June 1, 2024.\n24. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-24)**\n    [\"'Mambacita Is Forever A Husky': UConn Honors Kobe Bryant's Daughter Gianna - CBS Boston\"](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/uconn-gianna-bryant-kobe-husky\/). *www.cbsnews.com*. January 28, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2024.\n25. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-25)**\n    McLaughlin, Eliott C. (January 28, 2020). [\"Gigi Bryant always wanted to be a UConn Husky. Now, she'll be one forever\"](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/01\/28\/us\/uconn-gigi-bryant-honor\/index.html). *CNN*. Retrieved June 4, 2024.\n26. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-26)**\n    Peterson, Chloe. [\"Ann Meyers Drysdale, 1st woman to sign in NBA with Pacers, wins Kobe & Gigi Advocacy Award\"](https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/sports\/basketball\/wnba\/2024\/02\/18\/kobe-gigi-advocacy-award-ann-meyers-drysdale-wins-honor\/72646790007\/). *The Indianapolis Star*. Retrieved June 1, 2024.\n27. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-27)**\n    [\"Vanessa Bryant Honors Late Daughter Gianna by Hosting Basketball Camp\"](https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/vanessa-bryant-honors-late-daughter-giannas-18th-birthday-by-hosting-a-basketball-camp-play-gigis). *Entertainment Tonight*. Retrieved June 1, 2024.\n28. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-28)**\n    [\"Remembering Gigi Bryant: Rising basketball star would've celebrated 16th birthday Sunday\"](https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/gigi-bryant-rising-basketball-star-wouldve-celebrated-16th-birthday-may-1). *FOX 11*. April 29, 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2024.\n29. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-29)**\n    [\"Vanessa Bryant Tells Late Daughter Gianna 'I Miss You' on What Would Have Been Her 18th Birthday\"](https:\/\/people.com\/vanessa-bryant-tells-late-daughter-gianna-i-miss-you-18th-birthday-8641824). *Peoplemag*. Retrieved May 31, 2024.\n30. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-30)**\n    News •, Gabrielle Chung \\| E! (May 1, 2024). [\"How Vanessa Bryant celebrated late daughter Gigi on her 18th birthday\"](https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/national-international\/how-vanessa-bryant-celebrated-daughter-gianna-on-what-would-have-been-her-18th-birthday\/3846646\/). *NBC10 Philadelphia*. Retrieved May 31, 2024.\n31. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-31)**\n    Sblendorio, Peter (March 9, 2020). [\"Kobe Bryant's oldest daughter takes photo in front of mural honoring NBA icon and sister Gianna\"](https:\/\/www.courant.com\/2020\/03\/09\/kobe-bryants-oldest-daughter-takes-photo-in-front-of-mural-honoring-nba-icon-and-sister-gianna\/). *Hartford Courant*. Retrieved June 4, 2024.\n32. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-32)**\n    [\"Statue of Kobe, daughter placed at site of crash\"](https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/33154467\/statue-kobe-bryant-daughter-gianna-placed-crash-site-2-year-anniversary-deaths). *ESPN.com*. January 27, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2024.\n33. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-33)**\n    Healy, Jon (February 9, 2024). [\"Kobe Bryant statue unveiled, as wife Vanessa reveals late daughter Gianna will be depicted in another\"](https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2024-02-09\/kobe-bryant-statue-unveiled-at-la-lakers-home-court\/103447384). *ABC News*. Retrieved June 3, 2024.\n34. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-34)**\n    [\"Lakers Honor Kobe and Gianna Bryant With Rotblatt Amrany Sculpture \\| Studio Rotblatt Amrany\"](https:\/\/rotblattamrany.com\/kobe-and-gigi-unveiled-in-ceremony\/). *rotblattamrany.com*. Retrieved August 4, 2024.\n35. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-35)**\n    Golliver, Ben (August 3, 2024). [\"Lakers unveil statue honoring Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna\"](https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2024\/08\/02\/kobe-bryant-gianna-statue-lakers-crypto-arena\/). *Washington Post*. [ISSN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_\\(identifier\\) \"ISSN (identifier)\") [0190-8286](https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/0190-8286). Retrieved August 4, 2024.\n36. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-36)**\n    Bernabe, Angeline Jane. 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She had an older sister, Natalia, and two younger sisters, Bianka and Capri. Bryant often accompanied her father, sitting with him at the 2008 NBA Finals press conference[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-2) and playing on the court during warm-ups at the 2016 All-Star Game.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-3) The *[Hartford Courant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hartford_Courant \"Hartford Courant\")* reported, by 2018, when Bryant was only 11, that college basketball coaches were asking her father to encourage her to attend their colleges and join their teams.[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-4)\n\nBryant attended Harbor Day School in [Newport Beach](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newport_Beach,_California \"Newport Beach, California\"), where she played on the school basketball team and was a member of the student council.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-5) Bryant also played basketball for the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-:0-6)\n\n*[USA Today](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USA_Today \"USA Today\")* noted, in June 2018, that, having just turned 12, Bryant was already taller than her mother, and speculated that, by the time she was grown, Bryant might be close to the height of her father. They stated, \"That size with Bryant's skill is an absolutely terrifying combination for a young dynamo who clearly has the ability to dominate the flow of a game on the court.\"[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-7)\n\nIn December 2019, Gianna was captured in a video with her father talking intensely in the stands while watching a basketball game, the image of which was shared further after their deaths the following month.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-8) On December 30, 2019, Bryant's father Kobe made a trademark application for \"*Mambacita*\", her sports nickname (derived from his, \"The Black Mamba\")[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-9) on her behalf.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-10)\n\nBryant, her father and seven other people died on January 26, 2020, in a helicopter crash at [Calabasas, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calabasas,_California \"Calabasas, California\"). The other victims included two of Gianna's basketball teammates: Alyssa Altobelli (daughter of baseball coach [John Altobelli](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Altobelli \"John Altobelli\")) and Payton Chester. A postmortem revealed that the cause of death for all nine people was [blunt trauma](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blunt_trauma \"Blunt trauma\") and the manner of death was an accident.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-11)\n\n## Tributes and funeral services\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=3 \"Edit section: Tributes and funeral services\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/be\/Kobe_Bryant_death.jpg\/250px-Kobe_Bryant_death.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kobe_Bryant_death.jpg)\n\nFans gathered in front of [Staples Center](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Staples_Center \"Staples Center\") (later Crypto.com Arena) on the day of Bryant's death\n\nOn February 7, 2020, Bryant and her father were buried in a private funeral in [Pacific View Memorial Park](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_View_Memorial_Park \"Pacific View Memorial Park\") in the [Corona del Mar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corona_del_Mar,_Newport_Beach \"Corona del Mar, Newport Beach\") neighborhood of Newport Beach, California.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-Boren-12) A public memorial service was held on February 24 (2\/24, marking both Kobe's and Gianna's jersey numbers) at [Staples Center](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Staples_Center \"Staples Center\") with [Jimmy Kimmel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Kimmel \"Jimmy Kimmel\") hosting. Speakers at the service included Vanessa, Jordan, and [Shaquille O'Neal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shaquille_O%27Neal \"Shaquille O'Neal\"), along with [Phoenix Mercury](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phoenix_Mercury \"Phoenix Mercury\") guard [Diana Taurasi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diana_Taurasi \"Diana Taurasi\") and [Geno Auriemma](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geno_Auriemma \"Geno Auriemma\"), Taurasi's coach at [Connecticut](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Connecticut_Huskies_women%27s_basketball \"Connecticut Huskies women's basketball\"), where Bryant had been aspiring to play.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-13)[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-14)[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-15)\n\nIn the [2020 WNBA draft](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_WNBA_draft \"2020 WNBA draft\"), Bryant, Altobelli, and Chester were made honorary draft picks.[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-16)[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-17)[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-18) WNBA commissioner [Cathy Engelbert](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cathy_Engelbert \"Cathy Engelbert\") said, \"These athletes represented the future of the WNBA. Players who were following their passions, acquiring knowledge of the game, exhibiting skills that were way beyond their years. They represented the next generation of stars in our league, maybe what might have been called the 'Mambacita Generation'.\"[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-19) The [NBA](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Basketball_Association \"National Basketball Association\") said, \"Gianna Bryant was going to carry on a basketball legacy\". Russ Davis, the women's basketball coach at Vanguard University in Southern California. \"It's hard to predict her future, but with the way she was improving and the way she understood the game, she was going to have a bright one.\"[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-20) Bryant's school, Harbor Day School, retired her jersey \\#2.[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-21)\n\nBryant was expected to play for the [University of Connecticut](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Connecticut \"University of Connecticut\")'s [UConn Huskies women's basketball](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UConn_Huskies_women%27s_basketball \"UConn Huskies women's basketball\"); the team saved a seat for her at the game following her death, where they placed flowers and a UConn jersey bearing her No. 2 on the bench.[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-22)[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-23) UConn also posted to twitter, \"Mambacita is forever a Husky.\"[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-24)[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-25)\n\nIn 2022, the WNBA introduced an award named the Kobe & Gigi Advocacy Award: it is given out yearly to \"honor someone in the basketball space for their continued advocacy for girls and women's basketball around the country.\"[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-26)\n\nOn what would have been her 18th birthday in 2024, the Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation hosted a basketball camp called \"Play Gigi's Way\".[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-27)\n\nOn May 1, 2022, on what would have been Bryant's 16th birthday, Nike released the \"Mambacita Sweet 16\" shoe. It was black and white, meant to \"symbolize\\[s\\] Gigi Bryant's impact on basketball and her goal to build a better, more inclusive future for the game,\" Nike said.[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-28) In May 2024, [Nike](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nike,_Inc. \"Nike, Inc.\") released a new colorway of the Nike Kobe 8 \"Mambacita\" sneaker in honor of what would have been Gianna's 18th birthday. Profits will benefit the Mambacita Sports Foundation, dedicated to supporting underserved child athletes.[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-29) Nike added butterflies meant to show the \"transformational impact she had on highlighting women's sports\".[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-30)\n\n[Numerous murals](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murals_of_Kobe_Bryant \"Murals of Kobe Bryant\") were painted around [Los Angeles](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles \"Los Angeles\"), honoring Kobe and \"Gigi\" Bryant.[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-31)\n\nOn the second anniversary of their death, January 26, 2022, a 160 lb (73 kg) bronze statue of Gianna and her father was placed for a day at the site of the crash. The sculptor, Dan Medina, said that he was working on a life-size version of the work and hoped to site it in downtown Los Angeles.[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-32) In February 2024, when a Statue of Kobe Bryant was installed at his team's basketball court, Gianna's mother Vanessa Bryant said that two more statues were planned for that site including \"one with our beautiful daughter Gianna\".[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-33)\n\n[A statue depicting her and her father embracing](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Statue_of_Kobe_and_Gianna_Bryant \"Statue of Kobe and Gianna Bryant\") was unveiled on August 2, 2024, near [Crypto.com Arena](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crypto.com_Arena \"Crypto.com Arena\").[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-34)[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-35)[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-36) The pose was inspired by various moments from 2019 of the two sitting courtside at numerous [Los Angeles Lakers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Lakers \"Los Angeles Lakers\") games and one [Brooklyn Nets](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brooklyn_Nets \"Brooklyn Nets\") game.\n\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-1)**\n   [\"Gianna Bryant, 13, was going to carry on a basketball legacy\"](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sports-general-basketball-ca-state-wire-sports-ap-top-news-0060efaefa9ce0326cb20b10df90150f). *AP News*. January 28, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024.\n2. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-2)**\n   [\"Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers kisses daughter Gianna in a...\"](https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/kobe-bryant-of-the-los-angeles-lakers-kisses-daughter-news-photo\/81583176) *Getty Images*. June 16, 2008. Retrieved June 1, 2024.\n3. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-3)**\n   [\"R.I.P. Kobe Bryant: NBA legend and daughter Gianna's relationship in photos\"](https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/rip-kobe-bryant-nba-legend-and-daughter-gianna-dead-in-helicopter-crash-220827283.html). *Yahoo Sports*. January 26, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2024.\n4. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-4)**\n   [\"Gianna Bryant, 13, was going to carry on a basketball legacy with plans to play at UConn and beyond\"](https:\/\/www.courant.com\/2020\/01\/27\/gianna-bryant-13-was-going-to-carry-on-a-basketball-legacy-with-plans-to-play-at-uconn-and-beyond\/). *Hartford Courant*. January 27, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2024.\n5. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-5)**\n   Merrett, Robyn (February 6, 2020). [\"Gianna Bryant's Middle School Harbor Day Retires Her Jersey in Touching Gymnasium Ceremony\"](https:\/\/people.com\/sports\/gianna-bryants-middle-school-harbor-day-retires-her-jersey-in-touching-gymnasium-ceremony\/). *Peoplemag*. Retrieved June 3, 2024.\n6. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-:0_6-0)**\n   [\"Gianna Bryant Was A Star In The Making\"](https:\/\/girlsunited.essence.com\/feedback\/news\/gianna-bryant-basketball-helicopter-crash\/). *Girls United*. May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.\n7. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-7)**\n   Smith, Cam (June 26, 2018). [\"Kobe Bryant's daughter Gianna shows off transition defense, slick spin move\"](https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2018\/kobe-bryants-daughter-gianna-shows-off-transition-defense-slick-spin-move). *USA Today High School Sports*. Retrieved June 4, 2024.\n8. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-8)**\n   Staff, In Touch (January 26, 2020). [\"Kobe Bryant Explained Basketball Game to Gianna in Video Before Death\"](https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/posts\/kobe-bryant-explained-basketball-game-to-gianna-in-video-before-death\/). *In Touch Weekly*. Retrieved June 1, 2024.\n9. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-9)**\n   Gaines, Cork (January 27, 2023). [\"Kobe Bryant created his 'Black Mamba' alter-ego as a way to get through the lowest point of his career\"](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/kobe-bryant-black-mamba-nickname-2022-6). *Business Insider*. Retrieved June 4, 2024.\n10. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-10)**\n    Mizoguchi, Karen (January 27, 2020). [\"Kobe Bryant Filed Trademark for Daughter Gianna's Nickname 'Mambacita' a Month Before Their Deaths\"](https:\/\/people.com\/sports\/kobe-bryant-filed-trademark-daughter-gianna-mambacita-month-before-deaths\/). *People*. Retrieved June 4, 2024.\n11. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-11)**\n    [\"Kobe Bryant helicopter crash post-mortem released\"](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-52687408). BBC. May 16, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2024.\n12. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-Boren_12-0)**\n    Boren, Cindy (February 12, 2020). [\"Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna were buried near their home in a private service last week\"](https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2020\/02\/12\/kobe-bryant-burial-service\/). *The Washington Post*. Washington, D.C.: WP Company LLC. Retrieved February 13, 2020.\n13. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-13)**\n    Turner, Broderick (February 7, 2020). [\"Vanessa Bryant announces 'A Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna\"](https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/lakers\/story\/2020-02-07\/vanessa-bryant-announces-a-celebration-of-life-for-kobe-and-gian). *[Los Angeles Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Times \"Los Angeles Times\")*. Retrieved February 9, 2020.\n14. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-14)**\n    Bieler, Desmond (February 7, 2020). [\"Kobe Bryant public memorial service set for Feb. 24 at Staples Center\"](https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2020\/02\/07\/kobe-bryant-memorial-service-staples-center\/). *[Washington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_Post \"Washington Post\")*. Retrieved February 9, 2020.\n15. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-15)**\n    Almasy, Steve; Melas, Chloe (February 7, 2020). [\"Kobe Bryant memorial service will be held February 24 at Staples Center\"](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/02\/06\/us\/kobe-bryant-memorial-service\/index.html). CNN. Retrieved February 9, 2020.\n16. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-16)**\n    Hays, Graham (April 17, 2020). [\"Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli, Payton Chester selected as honorary picks at WNBA draft\"](https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/29050684\/gianna-bryant-alyssa-altobelli-payton-chester-honorary-picks-wnba-draft). *ESPN.com*. Retrieved July 11, 2023.\n17. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-17)**\n    [\"Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli, Payton Chester selected as honorary picks at WNBA draft\"](https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/29050684\/gianna-bryant-alyssa-altobelli-payton-chester-honorary-picks-wnba-draft). ESPN. April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2024.\n18. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-18)**\n    [\"2020 WNBA Draft: Gianna Bryant, teammates in fatal helicopter crash, selected as honorary draft picks\"](https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/wnba\/news\/2020-wnba-draft-gianna-bryant-teammates-in-fatal-helicopter-crash-selected-as-honorary-draft-picks\/). *CBSSports.com*. April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024.\n19. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-19)**\n    [\"Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli, Payton Chester selected as honorary picks at WNBA draft\"](https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/29050684\/gianna-bryant-alyssa-altobelli-payton-chester-honorary-picks-wnba-draft). *ESPN.com*. April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024.\n20. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-20)**\n    [\"Gianna Bryant was going to carry on a basketball legacy\"](https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/gianna-bryant-kobe-bryant-life-future-basketball-legacy). *NBA.com*. January 14, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024.\n21. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-21)**\n    [\"Gianna Bryant's No. 2 jersey retired by her school\"](https:\/\/www.wthr.com\/article\/sports\/gianna-bryants-no-2-jersey-retired-her-school\/531-b1025918-3192-495d-9e2f-756d2fee7bc9). *wthr.com*. February 6, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2024.\n22. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-22)**\n    [\"Gianna Bryant mourned by UConn women's basketball team before game\"](https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/01\/27\/gianna-bryant-mourned-by-uconn-womens-basketball-team-before-game\/). January 28, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024.\n23. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-23)**\n    Stein, Marc (January 29, 2020). [\"Kobe Bryant Saw His Greatness Mirrored in Gianna\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/01\/28\/sports\/basketball\/kobe-bryant-gianna-shammgod.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_\\(identifier\\) \"ISSN (identifier)\") [0362-4331](https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/0362-4331). Retrieved June 1, 2024.\n24. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-24)**\n    [\"'Mambacita Is Forever A Husky': UConn Honors Kobe Bryant's Daughter Gianna - CBS Boston\"](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/uconn-gianna-bryant-kobe-husky\/). *www.cbsnews.com*. January 28, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2024.\n25. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-25)**\n    McLaughlin, Eliott C. (January 28, 2020). [\"Gigi Bryant always wanted to be a UConn Husky. Now, she'll be one forever\"](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/01\/28\/us\/uconn-gigi-bryant-honor\/index.html). *CNN*. Retrieved June 4, 2024.\n26. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-26)**\n    Peterson, Chloe. 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Boilerpipe Text	From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gianna Bryant Bryant in 2019 Born Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant May 1, 2006 Orange County, California , U.S. Died January 26, 2020 (aged 13) Calabasas, California , U.S. Resting place Pacific View Memorial Park Other names Gigi, Mambacita Parents Kobe Bryant (father) Vanessa Bryant (mother) Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant (May 1, 2006 – January 26, 2020), also known as Gigi Bryant and Mambacita , was an American student-athlete and the daughter of former professional basketball player Kobe Bryant . [ 1 ] Along with her father and seven others, Bryant died in a helicopter crash in January 2020 at age 13. Gianna and her parents watch while her sister Natalia sells Girl Scout Cookies to President Barack Obama in the Oval Office , January 26, 2010, exactly a decade before her and her father's deaths Gianna "Gigi" Bryant was born on May 1, 2006, the daughter of National Basketball Association Hall-of-Famer athlete Kobe Bryant and businesswoman, philanthropist and model Vanessa Bryant . She had an older sister, Natalia, and two younger sisters, Bianka and Capri. Bryant often accompanied her father, sitting with him at the 2008 NBA Finals press conference [ 2 ] and playing on the court during warm-ups at the 2016 All-Star Game. [ 3 ] The Hartford Courant reported, by 2018, when Bryant was only 11, that college basketball coaches were asking her father to encourage her to attend their colleges and join their teams. [ 4 ] Bryant attended Harbor Day School in Newport Beach , where she played on the school basketball team and was a member of the student council. [ 5 ] Bryant also played basketball for the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). [ 6 ] USA Today noted, in June 2018, that, having just turned 12, Bryant was already taller than her mother, and speculated that, by the time she was grown, Bryant might be close to the height of her father. They stated, "That size with Bryant's skill is an absolutely terrifying combination for a young dynamo who clearly has the ability to dominate the flow of a game on the court." [ 7 ] In December 2019, Gianna was captured in a video with her father talking intensely in the stands while watching a basketball game, the image of which was shared further after their deaths the following month. [ 8 ] On December 30, 2019, Bryant's father Kobe made a trademark application for " Mambacita ", her sports nickname (derived from his, "The Black Mamba") [ 9 ] on her behalf. [ 10 ] Bryant, her father and seven other people died on January 26, 2020, in a helicopter crash at Calabasas, California . The other victims included two of Gianna's basketball teammates: Alyssa Altobelli (daughter of baseball coach John Altobelli ) and Payton Chester. A postmortem revealed that the cause of death for all nine people was blunt trauma and the manner of death was an accident. [ 11 ] Tributes and funeral services [ edit ] Fans gathered in front of Staples Center (later Crypto.com Arena) on the day of Bryant's death On February 7, 2020, Bryant and her father were buried in a private funeral in Pacific View Memorial Park in the Corona del Mar neighborhood of Newport Beach, California. [ 12 ] A public memorial service was held on February 24 (2/24, marking both Kobe's and Gianna's jersey numbers) at Staples Center with Jimmy Kimmel hosting. Speakers at the service included Vanessa, Jordan, and Shaquille O'Neal , along with Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi and Geno Auriemma , Taurasi's coach at Connecticut , where Bryant had been aspiring to play. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] In the 2020 WNBA draft , Bryant, Altobelli, and Chester were made honorary draft picks. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said, "These athletes represented the future of the WNBA. Players who were following their passions, acquiring knowledge of the game, exhibiting skills that were way beyond their years. They represented the next generation of stars in our league, maybe what might have been called the 'Mambacita Generation'." [ 19 ] The NBA said, "Gianna Bryant was going to carry on a basketball legacy". Russ Davis, the women's basketball coach at Vanguard University in Southern California. "It's hard to predict her future, but with the way she was improving and the way she understood the game, she was going to have a bright one." [ 20 ] Bryant's school, Harbor Day School, retired her jersey #2. [ 21 ] Bryant was expected to play for the University of Connecticut 's UConn Huskies women's basketball ; the team saved a seat for her at the game following her death, where they placed flowers and a UConn jersey bearing her No. 2 on the bench. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] UConn also posted to twitter, "Mambacita is forever a Husky." [ 24 ] [ 25 ] In 2022, the WNBA introduced an award named the Kobe & Gigi Advocacy Award: it is given out yearly to "honor someone in the basketball space for their continued advocacy for girls and women's basketball around the country." [ 26 ] On what would have been her 18th birthday in 2024, the Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation hosted a basketball camp called "Play Gigi's Way". [ 27 ] On May 1, 2022, on what would have been Bryant's 16th birthday, Nike released the "Mambacita Sweet 16" shoe. It was black and white, meant to "symbolize[s] Gigi Bryant's impact on basketball and her goal to build a better, more inclusive future for the game," Nike said. [ 28 ] In May 2024, Nike released a new colorway of the Nike Kobe 8 "Mambacita" sneaker in honor of what would have been Gianna's 18th birthday. Profits will benefit the Mambacita Sports Foundation, dedicated to supporting underserved child athletes. [ 29 ] Nike added butterflies meant to show the "transformational impact she had on highlighting women's sports". [ 30 ] Numerous murals were painted around Los Angeles , honoring Kobe and "Gigi" Bryant. [ 31 ] On the second anniversary of their death, January 26, 2022, a 160 lb (73 kg) bronze statue of Gianna and her father was placed for a day at the site of the crash. The sculptor, Dan Medina, said that he was working on a life-size version of the work and hoped to site it in downtown Los Angeles. [ 32 ] In February 2024, when a Statue of Kobe Bryant was installed at his team's basketball court, Gianna's mother Vanessa Bryant said that two more statues were planned for that site including "one with our beautiful daughter Gianna". [ 33 ] A statue depicting her and her father embracing was unveiled on August 2, 2024, near Crypto.com Arena . [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] The pose was inspired by various moments from 2019 of the two sitting courtside at numerous Los Angeles Lakers games and one Brooklyn Nets game. ^ "Gianna Bryant, 13, was going to carry on a basketball legacy" . AP News . January 28, 2020 . Retrieved May 31, 2024 . ^ "Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers kisses daughter Gianna in a..." Getty Images . June 16, 2008 . Retrieved June 1, 2024 . ^ "R.I.P. Kobe Bryant: NBA legend and daughter Gianna's relationship in photos" . Yahoo Sports . January 26, 2020 . Retrieved June 1, 2024 . ^ "Gianna Bryant, 13, was going to carry on a basketball legacy with plans to play at UConn and beyond" . Hartford Courant . January 27, 2020 . Retrieved June 4, 2024 . ^ Merrett, Robyn (February 6, 2020). "Gianna Bryant's Middle School Harbor Day Retires Her Jersey in Touching Gymnasium Ceremony" . Peoplemag . Retrieved June 3, 2024 . ^ "Gianna Bryant Was A Star In The Making" . Girls United . May 1, 2024 . Retrieved May 31, 2024 . ^ Smith, Cam (June 26, 2018). "Kobe Bryant's daughter Gianna shows off transition defense, slick spin move" . USA Today High School Sports . Retrieved June 4, 2024 . ^ Staff, In Touch (January 26, 2020). "Kobe Bryant Explained Basketball Game to Gianna in Video Before Death" . In Touch Weekly . Retrieved June 1, 2024 . ^ Gaines, Cork (January 27, 2023). "Kobe Bryant created his 'Black Mamba' alter-ego as a way to get through the lowest point of his career" . Business Insider . Retrieved June 4, 2024 . ^ Mizoguchi, Karen (January 27, 2020). "Kobe Bryant Filed Trademark for Daughter Gianna's Nickname 'Mambacita' a Month Before Their Deaths" . People . Retrieved June 4, 2024 . ^ "Kobe Bryant helicopter crash post-mortem released" . BBC. May 16, 2020 . Retrieved June 3, 2024 . ^ Boren, Cindy (February 12, 2020). "Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna were buried near their home in a private service last week" . The Washington Post . Washington, D.C.: WP Company LLC . Retrieved February 13, 2020 . ^ Turner, Broderick (February 7, 2020). "Vanessa Bryant announces 'A Celebration of Life' for Kobe and Gianna" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved February 9, 2020 . ^ Bieler, Desmond (February 7, 2020). "Kobe Bryant public memorial service set for Feb. 24 at Staples Center" . Washington Post . Retrieved February 9, 2020 . ^ Almasy, Steve; Melas, Chloe (February 7, 2020). "Kobe Bryant memorial service will be held February 24 at Staples Center" . CNN . Retrieved February 9, 2020 . ^ Hays, Graham (April 17, 2020). "Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli, Payton Chester selected as honorary picks at WNBA draft" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 11, 2023 . ^ "Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli, Payton Chester selected as honorary picks at WNBA draft" . ESPN. April 17, 2020 . 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[Wikidata item](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q83750013 "Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]") Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Daughter of Kobe and Vanessa Bryant (2006–2020) \| Gianna Bryant \| \| \|---\|---\| \| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Gianna_Bryant.jpg/250px-Gianna_Bryant.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gianna_Bryant.jpg)Bryant in 2019 \| \| \| Born \| Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant (2006-05-01)May 1, 2006 [Orange County, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County,_California "Orange County, California"), U.S. \| \| Died \| January 26, 2020(2020-01-26) (aged 13) [Calabasas, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabasas,_California "Calabasas, California"), U.S. \| \| Resting place \| [Pacific View Memorial Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_View_Memorial_Park "Pacific View Memorial Park") \| \| Other names \| Gigi, Mambacita \| \| Parents \| [Kobe Bryant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant "Kobe Bryant") (father) [Vanessa Bryant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Bryant "Vanessa Bryant") (mother) \| Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant (May 1, 2006 – January 26, 2020), also known as Gigi Bryant and Mambacita, was an American student-athlete and the daughter of former professional basketball player [Kobe Bryant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant "Kobe Bryant").[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-1) Along with her father and seven others, Bryant died in [a helicopter crash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Calabasas_helicopter_crash "2020 Calabasas helicopter crash") in January 2020 at age 13. ## Life \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Life")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/President_Barack_Obama_Buys_Girl_Scout_Cookies_from_Natalia_Bryant_in_the_Oval_Office_-_DPLA_-_2df46c3416874089087c65643777df8b.jpg/250px-President_Barack_Obama_Buys_Girl_Scout_Cookies_from_Natalia_Bryant_in_the_Oval_Office_-_DPLA_-_2df46c3416874089087c65643777df8b.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:President_Barack_Obama_Buys_Girl_Scout_Cookies_from_Natalia_Bryant_in_the_Oval_Office_-_DPLA_-_2df46c3416874089087c65643777df8b.jpg) Gianna and her parents watch while her sister Natalia sells [Girl Scout Cookies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Scout_Cookies "Girl Scout Cookies") to President [Barack Obama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama "Barack Obama") in the [Oval Office](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oval_Office "Oval Office"), January 26, 2010, exactly a decade before her and her father's deaths Gianna "Gigi" Bryant was born on May 1, 2006, the daughter of [National Basketball Association](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association "National Basketball Association") Hall-of-Famer athlete Kobe Bryant and businesswoman, philanthropist and model [Vanessa Bryant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Bryant "Vanessa Bryant"). She had an older sister, Natalia, and two younger sisters, Bianka and Capri. Bryant often accompanied her father, sitting with him at the 2008 NBA Finals press conference[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-2) and playing on the court during warm-ups at the 2016 All-Star Game.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-3) The [Hartford Courant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_Courant "Hartford Courant") reported, by 2018, when Bryant was only 11, that college basketball coaches were asking her father to encourage her to attend their colleges and join their teams.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-4) Bryant attended Harbor Day School in [Newport Beach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_Beach,_California "Newport Beach, California"), where she played on the school basketball team and was a member of the student council.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-5) Bryant also played basketball for the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-:0-6) [USA Today](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Today "USA Today") noted, in June 2018, that, having just turned 12, Bryant was already taller than her mother, and speculated that, by the time she was grown, Bryant might be close to the height of her father. They stated, "That size with Bryant's skill is an absolutely terrifying combination for a young dynamo who clearly has the ability to dominate the flow of a game on the court."[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-7) In December 2019, Gianna was captured in a video with her father talking intensely in the stands while watching a basketball game, the image of which was shared further after their deaths the following month.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-8) On December 30, 2019, Bryant's father Kobe made a trademark application for "Mambacita", her sports nickname (derived from his, "The Black Mamba")[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-9) on her behalf.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-10) ## Death \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Death")\] Main article: [2020 Calabasas helicopter crash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Calabasas_helicopter_crash "2020 Calabasas helicopter crash") Bryant, her father and seven other people died on January 26, 2020, in a helicopter crash at [Calabasas, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabasas,_California "Calabasas, California"). The other victims included two of Gianna's basketball teammates: Alyssa Altobelli (daughter of baseball coach [John Altobelli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Altobelli "John Altobelli")) and Payton Chester. A postmortem revealed that the cause of death for all nine people was [blunt trauma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunt_trauma "Blunt trauma") and the manner of death was an accident.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-11) ## Tributes and funeral services \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Tributes and funeral services")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Kobe_Bryant_death.jpg/250px-Kobe_Bryant_death.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kobe_Bryant_death.jpg) Fans gathered in front of [Staples Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staples_Center "Staples Center") (later Crypto.com Arena) on the day of Bryant's death On February 7, 2020, Bryant and her father were buried in a private funeral in [Pacific View Memorial Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_View_Memorial_Park "Pacific View Memorial Park") in the [Corona del Mar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_del_Mar,_Newport_Beach "Corona del Mar, Newport Beach") neighborhood of Newport Beach, California.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-Boren-12) A public memorial service was held on February 24 (2/24, marking both Kobe's and Gianna's jersey numbers) at [Staples Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staples_Center "Staples Center") with [Jimmy Kimmel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Kimmel "Jimmy Kimmel") hosting. Speakers at the service included Vanessa, Jordan, and [Shaquille O'Neal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal "Shaquille O'Neal"), along with [Phoenix Mercury](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Mercury "Phoenix Mercury") guard [Diana Taurasi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Taurasi "Diana Taurasi") and [Geno Auriemma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geno_Auriemma "Geno Auriemma"), Taurasi's coach at [Connecticut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Huskies_women%27s_basketball "Connecticut Huskies women's basketball"), where Bryant had been aspiring to play.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-13)[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-14)[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-15) ## Legacy \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Legacy")\] ### Basketball \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Basketball")\] In the [2020 WNBA draft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_WNBA_draft "2020 WNBA draft"), Bryant, Altobelli, and Chester were made honorary draft picks.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-16)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-17)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-18) WNBA commissioner [Cathy Engelbert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Engelbert "Cathy Engelbert") said, "These athletes represented the future of the WNBA. Players who were following their passions, acquiring knowledge of the game, exhibiting skills that were way beyond their years. They represented the next generation of stars in our league, maybe what might have been called the 'Mambacita Generation'."[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-19) The [NBA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association "National Basketball Association") said, "Gianna Bryant was going to carry on a basketball legacy". Russ Davis, the women's basketball coach at Vanguard University in Southern California. "It's hard to predict her future, but with the way she was improving and the way she understood the game, she was going to have a bright one."[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-20) Bryant's school, Harbor Day School, retired her jersey \#2.[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-21) Bryant was expected to play for the [University of Connecticut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Connecticut "University of Connecticut")'s [UConn Huskies women's basketball](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UConn_Huskies_women%27s_basketball "UConn Huskies women's basketball"); the team saved a seat for her at the game following her death, where they placed flowers and a UConn jersey bearing her No. 2 on the bench.[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-22)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-23) UConn also posted to twitter, "Mambacita is forever a Husky."[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-24)[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-25) In 2022, the WNBA introduced an award named the Kobe & Gigi Advocacy Award: it is given out yearly to "honor someone in the basketball space for their continued advocacy for girls and women's basketball around the country."[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-26) On what would have been her 18th birthday in 2024, the Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation hosted a basketball camp called "Play Gigi's Way".[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-27) ### Brand name \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Brand name")\] On May 1, 2022, on what would have been Bryant's 16th birthday, Nike released the "Mambacita Sweet 16" shoe. It was black and white, meant to "symbolize\[s\] Gigi Bryant's impact on basketball and her goal to build a better, more inclusive future for the game," Nike said.[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-28) In May 2024, [Nike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike,_Inc. "Nike, Inc.") released a new colorway of the Nike Kobe 8 "Mambacita" sneaker in honor of what would have been Gianna's 18th birthday. Profits will benefit the Mambacita Sports Foundation, dedicated to supporting underserved child athletes.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-29) Nike added butterflies meant to show the "transformational impact she had on highlighting women's sports".[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-30) ### Artworks \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Artworks")\] [Numerous murals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murals_of_Kobe_Bryant "Murals of Kobe Bryant") were painted around [Los Angeles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles "Los Angeles"), honoring Kobe and "Gigi" Bryant.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-31) On the second anniversary of their death, January 26, 2022, a 160 lb (73 kg) bronze statue of Gianna and her father was placed for a day at the site of the crash. The sculptor, Dan Medina, said that he was working on a life-size version of the work and hoped to site it in downtown Los Angeles.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-32) In February 2024, when a Statue of Kobe Bryant was installed at his team's basketball court, Gianna's mother Vanessa Bryant said that two more statues were planned for that site including "one with our beautiful daughter Gianna".[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-33) [A statue depicting her and her father embracing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Kobe_and_Gianna_Bryant "Statue of Kobe and Gianna Bryant") was unveiled on August 2, 2024, near [Crypto.com Arena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto.com_Arena "Crypto.com Arena").[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-34)[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-35)[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-36) The pose was inspired by various moments from 2019 of the two sitting courtside at numerous [Los Angeles Lakers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers "Los Angeles Lakers") games and one [Brooklyn Nets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets "Brooklyn Nets") game. ## References \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: References")\] 1. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-1) ["Gianna Bryant, 13, was going to carry on a basketball legacy"](https://apnews.com/article/sports-general-basketball-ca-state-wire-sports-ap-top-news-0060efaefa9ce0326cb20b10df90150f). AP News. January 28, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024. 2. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-2) ["Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers kisses daughter Gianna in a..."](https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/kobe-bryant-of-the-los-angeles-lakers-kisses-daughter-news-photo/81583176) Getty Images. June 16, 2008. Retrieved June 1, 2024. 3. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-3) ["R.I.P. Kobe Bryant: NBA legend and daughter Gianna's relationship in photos"](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/rip-kobe-bryant-nba-legend-and-daughter-gianna-dead-in-helicopter-crash-220827283.html). Yahoo Sports. January 26, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2024. 4. 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Readable Markdown	From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia \| Gianna Bryant \| \| \|---\|---\| \| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Gianna_Bryant.jpg/250px-Gianna_Bryant.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gianna_Bryant.jpg)Bryant in 2019 \| \| \| Born \| Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant May 1, 2006 [Orange County, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County,_California "Orange County, California"), U.S. \| \| Died \| January 26, 2020 (aged 13) [Calabasas, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabasas,_California "Calabasas, California"), U.S. \| \| Resting place \| [Pacific View Memorial Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_View_Memorial_Park "Pacific View Memorial Park") \| \| Other names \| Gigi, Mambacita \| \| Parents \| [Kobe Bryant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant "Kobe Bryant") (father) [Vanessa Bryant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Bryant "Vanessa Bryant") (mother) \| Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant (May 1, 2006 – January 26, 2020), also known as Gigi Bryant and Mambacita, was an American student-athlete and the daughter of former professional basketball player [Kobe Bryant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant "Kobe Bryant").[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-1) Along with her father and seven others, Bryant died in [a helicopter crash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Calabasas_helicopter_crash "2020 Calabasas helicopter crash") in January 2020 at age 13. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/President_Barack_Obama_Buys_Girl_Scout_Cookies_from_Natalia_Bryant_in_the_Oval_Office_-_DPLA_-_2df46c3416874089087c65643777df8b.jpg/250px-President_Barack_Obama_Buys_Girl_Scout_Cookies_from_Natalia_Bryant_in_the_Oval_Office_-_DPLA_-_2df46c3416874089087c65643777df8b.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:President_Barack_Obama_Buys_Girl_Scout_Cookies_from_Natalia_Bryant_in_the_Oval_Office_-_DPLA_-_2df46c3416874089087c65643777df8b.jpg) Gianna and her parents watch while her sister Natalia sells [Girl Scout Cookies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Scout_Cookies "Girl Scout Cookies") to President [Barack Obama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama "Barack Obama") in the [Oval Office](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oval_Office "Oval Office"), January 26, 2010, exactly a decade before her and her father's deaths Gianna "Gigi" Bryant was born on May 1, 2006, the daughter of [National Basketball Association](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association "National Basketball Association") Hall-of-Famer athlete Kobe Bryant and businesswoman, philanthropist and model [Vanessa Bryant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Bryant "Vanessa Bryant"). She had an older sister, Natalia, and two younger sisters, Bianka and Capri. Bryant often accompanied her father, sitting with him at the 2008 NBA Finals press conference[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-2) and playing on the court during warm-ups at the 2016 All-Star Game.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-3) The [Hartford Courant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_Courant "Hartford Courant") reported, by 2018, when Bryant was only 11, that college basketball coaches were asking her father to encourage her to attend their colleges and join their teams.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-4) Bryant attended Harbor Day School in [Newport Beach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_Beach,_California "Newport Beach, California"), where she played on the school basketball team and was a member of the student council.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-5) Bryant also played basketball for the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-:0-6) [USA Today](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Today "USA Today") noted, in June 2018, that, having just turned 12, Bryant was already taller than her mother, and speculated that, by the time she was grown, Bryant might be close to the height of her father. They stated, "That size with Bryant's skill is an absolutely terrifying combination for a young dynamo who clearly has the ability to dominate the flow of a game on the court."[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-7) In December 2019, Gianna was captured in a video with her father talking intensely in the stands while watching a basketball game, the image of which was shared further after their deaths the following month.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-8) On December 30, 2019, Bryant's father Kobe made a trademark application for "Mambacita", her sports nickname (derived from his, "The Black Mamba")[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-9) on her behalf.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-10) Bryant, her father and seven other people died on January 26, 2020, in a helicopter crash at [Calabasas, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabasas,_California "Calabasas, California"). The other victims included two of Gianna's basketball teammates: Alyssa Altobelli (daughter of baseball coach [John Altobelli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Altobelli "John Altobelli")) and Payton Chester. A postmortem revealed that the cause of death for all nine people was [blunt trauma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunt_trauma "Blunt trauma") and the manner of death was an accident.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-11) ## Tributes and funeral services \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gianna_Bryant&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Tributes and funeral services")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Kobe_Bryant_death.jpg/250px-Kobe_Bryant_death.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kobe_Bryant_death.jpg) Fans gathered in front of [Staples Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staples_Center "Staples Center") (later Crypto.com Arena) on the day of Bryant's death On February 7, 2020, Bryant and her father were buried in a private funeral in [Pacific View Memorial Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_View_Memorial_Park "Pacific View Memorial Park") in the [Corona del Mar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_del_Mar,_Newport_Beach "Corona del Mar, Newport Beach") neighborhood of Newport Beach, California.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-Boren-12) A public memorial service was held on February 24 (2/24, marking both Kobe's and Gianna's jersey numbers) at [Staples Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staples_Center "Staples Center") with [Jimmy Kimmel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Kimmel "Jimmy Kimmel") hosting. Speakers at the service included Vanessa, Jordan, and [Shaquille O'Neal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal "Shaquille O'Neal"), along with [Phoenix Mercury](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Mercury "Phoenix Mercury") guard [Diana Taurasi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Taurasi "Diana Taurasi") and [Geno Auriemma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geno_Auriemma "Geno Auriemma"), Taurasi's coach at [Connecticut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Huskies_women%27s_basketball "Connecticut Huskies women's basketball"), where Bryant had been aspiring to play.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-13)[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-14)[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-15) In the [2020 WNBA draft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_WNBA_draft "2020 WNBA draft"), Bryant, Altobelli, and Chester were made honorary draft picks.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-16)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-17)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-18) WNBA commissioner [Cathy Engelbert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Engelbert "Cathy Engelbert") said, "These athletes represented the future of the WNBA. Players who were following their passions, acquiring knowledge of the game, exhibiting skills that were way beyond their years. They represented the next generation of stars in our league, maybe what might have been called the 'Mambacita Generation'."[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-19) The [NBA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association "National Basketball Association") said, "Gianna Bryant was going to carry on a basketball legacy". Russ Davis, the women's basketball coach at Vanguard University in Southern California. "It's hard to predict her future, but with the way she was improving and the way she understood the game, she was going to have a bright one."[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-20) Bryant's school, Harbor Day School, retired her jersey \#2.[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-21) Bryant was expected to play for the [University of Connecticut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Connecticut "University of Connecticut")'s [UConn Huskies women's basketball](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UConn_Huskies_women%27s_basketball "UConn Huskies women's basketball"); the team saved a seat for her at the game following her death, where they placed flowers and a UConn jersey bearing her No. 2 on the bench.[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-22)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-23) UConn also posted to twitter, "Mambacita is forever a Husky."[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-24)[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-25) In 2022, the WNBA introduced an award named the Kobe & Gigi Advocacy Award: it is given out yearly to "honor someone in the basketball space for their continued advocacy for girls and women's basketball around the country."[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-26) On what would have been her 18th birthday in 2024, the Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation hosted a basketball camp called "Play Gigi's Way".[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-27) On May 1, 2022, on what would have been Bryant's 16th birthday, Nike released the "Mambacita Sweet 16" shoe. It was black and white, meant to "symbolize\[s\] Gigi Bryant's impact on basketball and her goal to build a better, more inclusive future for the game," Nike said.[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-28) In May 2024, [Nike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike,_Inc. "Nike, Inc.") released a new colorway of the Nike Kobe 8 "Mambacita" sneaker in honor of what would have been Gianna's 18th birthday. Profits will benefit the Mambacita Sports Foundation, dedicated to supporting underserved child athletes.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-29) Nike added butterflies meant to show the "transformational impact she had on highlighting women's sports".[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-30) [Numerous murals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murals_of_Kobe_Bryant "Murals of Kobe Bryant") were painted around [Los Angeles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles "Los Angeles"), honoring Kobe and "Gigi" Bryant.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-31) On the second anniversary of their death, January 26, 2022, a 160 lb (73 kg) bronze statue of Gianna and her father was placed for a day at the site of the crash. The sculptor, Dan Medina, said that he was working on a life-size version of the work and hoped to site it in downtown Los Angeles.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-32) In February 2024, when a Statue of Kobe Bryant was installed at his team's basketball court, Gianna's mother Vanessa Bryant said that two more statues were planned for that site including "one with our beautiful daughter Gianna".[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-33) [A statue depicting her and her father embracing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Kobe_and_Gianna_Bryant "Statue of Kobe and Gianna Bryant") was unveiled on August 2, 2024, near [Crypto.com Arena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto.com_Arena "Crypto.com Arena").[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-34)[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-35)[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_note-36) The pose was inspired by various moments from 2019 of the two sitting courtside at numerous [Los Angeles Lakers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers "Los Angeles Lakers") games and one [Brooklyn Nets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets "Brooklyn Nets") game. 1. 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["Kobe Bryant memorial service will be held February 24 at Staples Center"](https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/06/us/kobe-bryant-memorial-service/index.html). CNN. Retrieved February 9, 2020. 16. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-16) Hays, Graham (April 17, 2020). ["Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli, Payton Chester selected as honorary picks at WNBA draft"](https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/29050684/gianna-bryant-alyssa-altobelli-payton-chester-honorary-picks-wnba-draft). ESPN.com. Retrieved July 11, 2023. 17. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-17) ["Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli, Payton Chester selected as honorary picks at WNBA draft"](https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/29050684/gianna-bryant-alyssa-altobelli-payton-chester-honorary-picks-wnba-draft). ESPN. April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2024. 18. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-18) ["2020 WNBA Draft: Gianna Bryant, teammates in fatal helicopter crash, selected as honorary draft picks"](https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/2020-wnba-draft-gianna-bryant-teammates-in-fatal-helicopter-crash-selected-as-honorary-draft-picks/). CBSSports.com. April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024. 19. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-19) ["Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli, Payton Chester selected as honorary picks at WNBA draft"](https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/29050684/gianna-bryant-alyssa-altobelli-payton-chester-honorary-picks-wnba-draft). ESPN.com. April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024. 20. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Bryant#cite_ref-20) ["Gianna Bryant was going to carry on a basketball legacy"](https://www.nba.com/news/gianna-bryant-kobe-bryant-life-future-basketball-legacy). NBA.com. January 14, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024. 21. 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