(1972-07-23) 23 July 1972 (age 51) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Medal record
Women's Basketball
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta
National team
2000 Sydney
National team
2004 Athens
National team
World Championships
2002 China
Team Competition
Trisha Nicole Dykstra (née Fallon; born 23 July 1972) is an Australian retired basketball player in the Australian Women's National Basketball League 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 1996, including as captain at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Fallon started her career at age sixteen.
Fallon was selected by the Minnesota Lynx in the second round (19th pick overall) of the 1999 WNBA draft. After the 1999 WNBA season, she was traded to the Phoenix Mercury along with Adia Barnes and Tonya Edwards in exchange for Marlies Askamp, Angela Aycock and Kristi Harrower on 27 October 1999.
Fallon was married to Stuart Dykstra on 29 July 2007 in Port Douglas, Queensland.[1]
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 Dandenong Rangers 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.
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