Dawn Allinger

{{short description|American handball player}}

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| nationality = American

| sport = Handball

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|9|3}}

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Dawn Michele Allinger (born September 3, 1968) is an American former handball and basketball player.{{cite news |last1=Harig |first1=Bob |title=Team Handball |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1996/05/05/team-handball/ |access-date=20 June 2025 |work=The Tampa Bay Times |date=5 May 1996}} She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/dawn-allinger-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033322/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/dawn-allinger-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Dawn Allinger Olympic Results |accessdate=March 23, 2020}} She later became a broadcaster for NBC Sports.{{cite web|url=https://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/bio/dawn-allinger-lewis/ |title=Dawn Allinger Lewis |work=NBC Sports |access-date=February 24, 2022}}

Allinger attended Washington State University, where she played on the women's basketball team.{{cite news |last1=Blanchette |first1=John |title=I Kid You Not! Team Handball Has A Lot To Like |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/jul/27/i-kid-you-not-team-handball-has-a-lot-to-like/ |access-date=20 June 2025 |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=27 July 1996}}