Fiona Robinson
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Fiona Mary Robinson (born 7 February 1969) is an Australian former
Basketball career
Robinson was a state representative for her native Western Australia as a junior before accepting a scholarship to attend the Australian Institute of Sport from 1985 to 1987,[1] where she played for the program's WNBL team.[2] She later accepted a scholarship to attend Southwest Texas State University and represented Australia in basketball at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb.[1]
In 1988, she played for the
In 2003 and 2004, Robinson played for the Frankston Blues in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL).[9]
In July 2023, Robinson was inducted into the
Handball career
After moving to Europe in the late 1990s, Robinson switched sports and began playing handball. She went on to play for the Australia women's national handball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[8]
Personal life
For a period in the early 1990s, Robinson was known as Fiona Massara.[11][12] Her surname returned to Robinson in the mid-1990s, later changing again to Fiona Hannan after marrying Andy Hannan. The two met in Canberra while she was playing for the Capitals and Andy was at the Australian Defence Force Academy.[13] Their daughter, Ashlee Hannan, was inline to play college basketball in the United States for the University of Texas in 2019–20[13] but she never debuted.[14] Ashlee joined the Perth Lynx in 2023.[15]
References
- ^ a b c "The Coaches: Fiona Hannan". 1st Pick Hoops. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ Boyce, Dan (31 March 2019). "HOW AIS BASKETBALL PLAYERS ARE AMONG WORLD'S ELITE". aussiehoopla.com. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ "STATE BASKETBALL LEAGUE WOMEN PLAYER REGISTER". basketballwa.asn.au. 2 September 2003. Archived from the original on 18 July 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "AWARDS HISTORY". SBL.asn.au. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ "Past Champions". SBL.asn.au. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Player Profile: Fiona Robinson". SportsTG.com. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ "2018/19 WNBL Media Guide" (PDF). wnbl.basketball. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ a b O'Donoghue, Craig (20 July 2023). "Bronze medal winning Olympian Fiona Hannan to top off career by entering Basketball WA Hall of Fame". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Fiona Hannan". SEABL. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023.
- ^ O'Donoghue, Craig (19 July 2023). "Paul Rogers and Fiona Hannan to be inducted into Basketball WA Hall of Fame on Saturday night". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023.
- ^ "The Age from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Page 69". The Age. 23 June 1991. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
The recruitment of Timms has been the cornerstone of the revitalised program, and the play of tall Fiona Massara has given Perth another dimension.
- ^ "FLASHBACK 71: The Worlds That Wasn't". botinagy.com. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
BOARDS BEASTS: Perth's Fiona Robinson (nee Massara) battling Islanders' centre Karen Smith.
- ^ a b Morison, Cathy (4 June 2019). "Nothing 'Austin'-tatious about Canberra Gem Hannan". cbr2usa.com. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ Davis, Danny (5 November 2019). "Karisma Ortiz is 'practicing like she's going to play' for Texas, but Ashlee Hannan's status a mystery". hookem.com. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ "YOUNG GUN ASHLEE HANNAN SIGNS WITH THE LYNX FOR 2023-24 SEASON". wnbl.basketball/perth. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
External links
- Australian Olympic Committee profile
- Sports-Reference profile
- Fiona Hannan - BWA Hall of Fame Inductee 2023 on YouTube
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