Karen Dalton (basketball)
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Karen Dalton (born 2 January 1961) is a former Australian women's basketball player.[2]
Biography
[edit ]Dalton played 252 games for the national team between 1983 and 1994. Her tournaments with the Opals include four World Championships - 1983, 1986, 1990 and 1994 - and two Olympic Games; 1984 and 1988.[3] [1] [4]
In the domestic Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), Dalton was a 2-time Defensive Player of the Year (1990 & 1993) and played in 375 games.[2] Following her retirement, Dalton went on to become the head coach of the Sydney Flames, a position she has held since 2001.[5] [6] During the 2001–02 season Dalton was named the WNBL Coach of the Year.[7] In 2004, Dalton was assistant coach to the Australian team that won the silver medal at the Athens Olympics tournament.[2]
Dalton was inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.[2] Dalton is also a Life Member of the WNBL.[8]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b Karen Dalton. Sports Reference: Olympic Games. Retrieved 2012年08月20日.
- ^ a b c d Basketball Australia. Hall of Fame: Karen Dalton. Retrieved 2012年08月21日.
- ^ FIBA Archive. Players: Karen Dalton. Retrieved 2012年08月21日.
- ^ Sydney University. Player Profile: Karen Dalton. Retrieved 2012年08月23日.
- ^ Karen Dalton. Sporting Pulse: Coach Profile. Retrieved 2012年08月21日.
- ^ Daltons keep scoreboard ticking over. Women's National Basketball League (5 February 2010). Retrieved 2012年08月21日.
- ^ Sydney University Sport & Fitness. Profile: Karen Dalton. Retrieved 24 February 2013
- ^ WNBL Life Members Archived 12 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Basketball Australia. Retrieved 23 February 2013
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Australian women's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players for Australia
- Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from Sydney
- Sportswomen from New South Wales
- Basketball players from New South Wales
- 20th-century Australian sportswomen