Isabelle Fijalkowski
{{short description|French basketball player}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Isabelle Fijalkowski
| image = Isabelle Fijalkowski.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|5|23}}
| birth_place = Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France
| nationality = French
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 5
| weight_lb = 205
| high_school =
| college = Colorado (1994–1995)
| draft_year = 1997
| draft = Elite Draft
| draft_pick = 2
| draft_team = Cleveland Rockers
| draft_league = WNBA
| career_start = 1988
| career_end = 2002
| career_position = Center / power forward
| career_number = 13
| years1 = 1988–1991
| team1 = Montferrand
| years2 = 1991–1992
| team2 = Challes-les-Eaux
| years3 = 1992–1994
| team3 = Clermont-Ferrand
| years4 = 1995–1997
| team4 = CJM Bourges Basket
| years5 = 1997–1998
| team5 = Cleveland Rockers
| years6 = 1997–2000
| team6 = Pool Comense 1872
| years7 = 2000–2002
| team7 = Union Sportive Valenciennes Olympic
| highlights =
- Big 8 Conference champion (1995)
- 5× French League champion (1992, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002)
- 2× Italian League champion (1998, 1999)
- 2× French Cup winner (2001, 2002)
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| bbr =
| bbr_wnba = fijalis01w
| nbanew =
| wnba_profile = Isabelle-Fijalkowski
| HOF_player =
| womensHOF =
| FIBA_HOF_player = isabelle-fijalkowski
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{{MedalCompetition|EuroBasket Women}}
{{MedalGold | 2001 France | Team}}
{{MedalSilver | 1993 Italy | Team}}
{{MedalSilver | 1999 Poland | Team}}
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Isabelle Alice Fijalkowski (born 23 May 1972 in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme), now Isabelle Fijalkowski-Tournebize,{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/isabelle-fijalkowski-1.html |access-date=13 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418184219/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/isabelle-fijalkowski-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2012 }} is a retired French basketball player. She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2011.
Career
=United States=
Fijalkowski played college basketball for University of Colorado, then was drafted by the Cleveland Rockers in 1997.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/28/sports/head-is-first-pick-in-wnba-draft.html|title=Head Is First Pick In W.N.B.A. Draft|date=28 February 1997|work=The New York Times|access-date=1 September 2010}}
Fijalkowski's WNBA debut was played on 21 June 1997 against the Houston Comets. Although her team would lose the game 56 - 76, Fijalkowski recorded 12 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block in her debut.{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199706210CLE.html|title=Houston Comets at Cleveland Rockers, June 21, 1997|website=Basketball-Reference.com}} She set a career-high of 25 points on 27 June 1998 against the Detroit Shock and then set a career-high in rebounds (12) on 10 August 1998 against the Phoenix Mercury.{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/f/fijalis01w.html|title=Isabelle Fijalkowski WNBA Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}
Her final WNBA game was played in Game 3 of the 1998 Semi-Finals on 25 August 1998 against the Phoenix Mercury. The Rockers would lose the game 60 - 71 and dropped the series to the Mercury 2 - 1. Fijalkowski had a team-high 17 points and team-high 11 rebounds in her final game.{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199808250CLE.html|title=Phoenix Mercury at Cleveland Rockers, August 25, 1998|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}
Achievements
= France national team=
- 9th at 1994 World Championship
- Image:Med 2.png Finalist of EuroBasket 1993 and EuroBasket 1999
- 5th at the 2000 Olympic Games of Sydney
- Image:Med 1.png EuroBasket 2001: champion
- 200 selections.
= Club =
- Winner of the EuroLeague Women: 1997, 2002 (Runner-up: 1999, 2001)
- Winner of French championship: 1992, 1996, 1997, 2001 et 2002
- Winner of the Italian championship: 1998, 1999
- Tournoi de la Fédération: 1996, 2001, 2002
- MVP of the French championship 1996-1997
- MVP of the Italian championship 1998-1999
Career statistics
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
=Regular season=
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1997
| style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland
| 28 || 28 || 28.7 || .508 || .250 || .786 || 5.6 || 2.4 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 2.6 || 11.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1998
| style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland
| 28 || 23 || 28.8 || .547 || .400 || .821 || 6.9 || 2.1 || 0.6 || 1.0 || 2.9 || 13.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Career
| style="text-align:left;"|2 years, 1 team
| 56 || 51 || 28.7 || .528 || .357 || .804 || 6.2 || 2.3 || 0.6 || 0.8 || 2.8 || 12.8
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=Playoffs=
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Basketball stats}}
- [https://www.fiba.basketball/hall-of-fame/Isabelle-FIJALKOWSKI Isabelle Fijalkowski] at the FIBA Hall of Fame
- {{FIBA|new_id=106491|name=Isabelle Alice Fijalkowski|old_id=6794}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com profile}}
{{FIBA Hall of Fame}}
{{1997 WNBA draft}}
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Category:Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Category:Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball players
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Category:French women's basketball players
Category:Olympic basketball players for France
Category:Sportspeople from Clermont-Ferrand
Category:FIBA Hall of Fame inductees