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| Full name | Trina Marie Jackson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1977-02-16)February 16, 1977 (age 48) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bolles Sharks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Arizona | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Trina Marie Jackson (born February 16, 1977), also known by her married name asTrina Falca, is an American former competitionswimmer who represented the United States at the1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Jackson won a gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in thewomen's 4×200-meter freestyle relay, together with teammatesJenny Thompson,Cristina Teuscher andSheila Taormina. The four Americans set a new Olympic record of 7:59.87 in the event final.[1] She missed a bronze in the individual 200 freestyle by just 0.01 to Dagmar Hase.
For high school, Jackson attended theBolles School, a private prep school in Jacksonville, Florida, where she swam for coachGregg 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]