Trisha Nicole Dykstra (; born 23 July 1972) is an Australian retired basketball player in the Australian

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and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) of the United States. She also played with the Australian national team during the three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in

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, including as captain at the

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. Fallon started her career at age sixteen. Fallon was selected by the

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in the second round (19th pick overall) of the

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. After the

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, she was traded to the

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along with

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and

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in exchange for

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and

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on 27 October 1999. Fallon was married to Stuart Dykstra on 29 July 2007 in Port Douglas, Queensland. In 2010 Fallon was inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame. She has remained involved with basketball in Australia having worked for the Sydney Uni Flames and now with the

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Basketball Association in Victoria. She is also the Team Manager for the Australian Opals. Fallon had a decorated basketball career and played 224 games for Australia at junior and senior level including 34 games as the Opals Captain.

Career highlights

* Three-time Olympian (two silver and one bronze medal) * Two World Championships (bronze medal in 2002) * Maher Medal - International Player of the Year * Played 251 in the WNBL for three clubs, AIS, Melbourne and Sydney between 1989 and 2007 * WNBL Youth Player of the Year - 1991 * Four Time WNBL All-Star Selection 1996, 1997, 1999/00, 2004/05 * WNBL Co-MVP in 1999/2000 * Member of the WNBL's 25th Anniversary Team * Played with numerous teams in Europe including Spain's Ros Casares Valencia, with whom she won the Spanish Cup in 2003

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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1972 births Living people Australian expatriate basketball people in Spain Australian expatriate basketball people in the United States Australian women's basketball players Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Minnesota Lynx draft picks Minnesota Lynx players Olympic basketball players for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for Australia Phoenix Mercury players Small forwards Basketball players from Melbourne Sportswomen from Victoria (state) {{Australia-basketball-bio-stub

Career highlights

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

See also

References

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