Trina Jackson

Trina Jackson

Personal information
Full name	Trina Marie Jackson
National team	United States
Born	February 16, 1977
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	128 lb (58 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Bolles Sharks
College team	University of Arizona
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for the United States Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 4x200 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 1993 Palma 400 m freestyle 1993 Palma 800 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 1995 Atlanta 4x200 m freestyle 1995 Atlanta 400 m freestyle 1995 Atlanta 800 m freestyle Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata 800 m freestyle 1995 Mar del Plata 200 m butterfly 1995 Mar del Plata 4x200 m freestyle

Trina Marie Jackson (born February 16, 1977), also known by her married name as Trina Falca, is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Jackson won a gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay, together with teammates Jenny Thompson, Cristina Teuscher and Sheila Taormina. The four Americans set a new Olympic record of 7:59.87 in the vent final.^[1]

For high school, Jackson attended the Bolles School, a private prep school in Jacksonville, Florida, where she swam for coach Gregg Troy's Bolles high school swim team, a program with a reputation for producing future international swimmers and Olympians.^[2] She graduated from the Bolles School in 1995.^[2]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of University of Arizona people

References

1. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Trina Jackson. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
2. The Bolles School, Athletics, Bolles Olympic Medalists. Retrieved March 6, 2015.

External links

• Trina Jackson – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com