I was choking up the whole time.” A 22-year-old born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and now based in Florida, Puig is also the first woman representing her country to earn a medal of any color.

The night after she won an Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Games in Rio, Monica Puig found herself waking up every 30 or so minutes to make sure it wasn't all a dream. She had wanted to stand atop ...

Monica Puig of Puerto Rico cries after winning the gold medal match in the women's tennis competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016.

Monica Puig, the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for Puerto Rico, retires from tennis Wrote the 28-year-old on social media, "This decision isn't an easy one because I would've loved to ...

Sitting on the floor of her bedroom closet, surrounded by clothes destined for the suitcase, Monica Puig sometimes reaches for the box. Her fingers close on the lime-green ribbon, she sees the flash ...

Monica Puig won Puerto Rico's first gold medal, ending a drought that began in 1948. Here, she returns a shot against Angelique Kerber of Germany during their women's singles gold medal match in ...

Monica Puig's Rio triumph not only altered the trajectory of her career, but changed how an entire nation will view the sport of tennis.

Tennis player Monica Puig won the first Olympic gold medal for Puerto Rico, defeating Angelique Kerber of Germany, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, in the women’s singles final on Saturday, culminating the best ...

Monica Puig won Puerto Rico’s first gold medal in any sport in Olympic history, upsetting Angelique Kerber in the women’s tennis singles final at the Rio Games. Even before Saturday’s ...

Olympic Gold Medal Tennis Player Monica Puig Marries Nathan Rakitt: 'The Beginning of Forever' "11/11/22 🤍," the couple simply wrote the date of their wedding in the caption of a joint ...

The Puerto Rican Olympic gold medalist said she is "speechless" in an Instagram Story about the engagement Monica Puig is engaged! The Puerto Rican tennis player, 28, announced her engagement to ...

Monica Puig's Rio triumph not only altered the trajectory of her career, but changed how an entire nation will view the sport of tennis.