Charles Wade Barkley

Charles Barkley is a former American basketball player. The athlete is known for establishing himself as one of the greatest players of the National Basketball Association. Barkley is among the most dominant power forwards of all time. He had won the NBA All-Star time title 11 times. Also, he was selected in the All-NBA team (11 times). In 1992 and 1996, Charles participated as a United States dream team and won Olympic gold medals.

Here are some of his career achievements:

• Won the SEC Player of the Year award in 1984
• Entitled as the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player of the Year award in 1991
• Bagged a gold medal at the 1992 FIBA Americas Championships, held in Portland
• Bagged a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games, held in Barcelona, Spain
• Won the NBA Most Valuable Player of the Year award in 1993
• Clinched a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, held in Atlanta
• Twice inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 for his individual career and in 2010 as a member of the “Dream Team”