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{{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         = [[University of Colorado at Boulder|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 (basketball)|Center]] / [[Power forward (basketball)|power forward]]
| career_number   = 13
| years1          = 1988–1991
| team1           = [[AS Monferrand (basket)|Montferrand]]
| years2          = 1991–1992
| team2           = [[Challes-les-Eaux Basket|Challes-les-Eaux]]
| years3          = 1992–1994
| team3           = [[Stade Clermontois Auvergne Basket 63|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× [[Ligue Féminine de Basketball|French League]] champion (1992, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002)
*2× [[Lega Basket Femminile|Italian League]] champion (1998, 1999)
*2× [[French Basketball Cup|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
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[EuroBasket Women]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[EuroBasket Women 2001|2001 France]] | Team}}
{{MedalSilver | [[EuroBasket Women 1993|1993 Italy]] | Team}}
{{MedalSilver | [[EuroBasket Women 1999|1999 Poland]] | Team}}
}}

'''Isabelle Alice Fijalkowski''' (born 23 May 1972 in [[Clermont-Ferrand]], [[Puy-de-Dôme]]), now '''Isabelle Fijalkowski-Tournebize''',<ref name=sref>{{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 }}</ref> 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 at Boulder|University of Colorado]], then was [[1997 WNBA Draft|drafted]] by the [[Cleveland Rockers]] in 1997.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/f/fijalis01w.html|title=Isabelle Fijalkowski WNBA Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Achievements==

=== France national team===
* 9th at [[1994 FIBA World Championship for Women|1994 World Championship]]
* [[Image:Med 2.png]] Finalist of [[Eurobasket 1993 Women|EuroBasket 1993]] and [[Eurobasket 1999 Women|EuroBasket 1999]]
* 5th at the [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Olympic Games of Sydney]]
* [[Image:Med 1.png]] [[Eurobasket 2001 Women|EuroBasket 2001]]: champion
* 200 selections.

=== Club ===
* Winner of the [[EuroLeague Women]]: 1997, 2002 (Runner-up: 1999, 2001)
* Winner of [[Ligue Féminine de Basketball|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 [[Ligue Féminine de Basketball|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 WNBA season|1997]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1997 Cleveland Rockers season|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 WNBA season|1998]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1998 Cleveland Rockers season|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
{{s-end}}

===Playoffs===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[WNBA playoffs#1998 season|1998]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1998 Cleveland Rockers season|Cleveland]]
| 3 || 3 || 35.7 || .425 || .000 || .864 || 9.0 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 0.7 || 1.7 || 17.7
{{s-end}}

== 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:French people of Polish descent]]
[[Category:French women's basketball players]]
[[Category:Olympic basketball players for France]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Clermont-Ferrand]]
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[[Category:20th-century French sportswomen]]