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{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1977)}}
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| fullname       = Trina Marie Jackson  
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| national_team  = {{USA}}
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]
| club           = Bolles Sharks
| collegeteam    = [[Arizona Wildcats|University of Arizona]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1977|2|16|mf=y}}
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| weight         = {{convert|128|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4x200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Championships - Short Course|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1993 FINA Short Course World Championships|1993 Palma]] | [[1993 FINA Short Course World Championships - Women's 400m Freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1993 FINA Short Course World Championships|1993 Palma]] | [[1993 FINA Short Course World Championships - Women's 800m Freestyle|800 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1995 Atlanta]] | 4x200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1995 Atlanta]] | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1995 Atlanta]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]] | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games|800 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]] | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games|200 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]] | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games|4x200 m freestyle]]}}
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'''Trina Marie Jackson''' (born February 16, 1977), also known by her married name as '''Trina Falca''', is an American former competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who represented the United States at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta, Georgia.  Jackson won a gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay]], together with teammates [[Jenny Thompson]], [[Cristina Teuscher]] and [[Sheila Taormina]].  The four Americans set a new Olympic record of 7:59.87 in the event final.<ref name=sroprofile>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/trina-jackson-1.html  Trina Jackson].  Retrieved November 5, 2012.</ref>   She missed a bronze in the individual 200 freestyle by just 0.01 to Dagmar Hase.

For high school, Jackson attended the [[Bolles School]], a private prep school in Jacksonville, Florida, where she swam for coach [[Gregg Troy]]'s Bolles high school swim team, a program with a reputation for producing future international swimmers and Olympians.<ref name=bolles>The Bolles School, Athletics, [http://www.bolles.org/page.cfm?p=915  Bolles Olympic Medalists] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707225559/http://www.bolles.org/page.cfm?p=915 |date=2015-07-07 }}.  Retrieved March 6, 2015.</ref>  She graduated from the Bolles School in 1995.<ref name=bolles/>

==See also==
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[List of University of Arizona people]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{SR/Olympics profile|ja/trina-jackson-1}}
 
{{Footer USA Swimming 1996 Summer Olympics}}
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{{Footer Pan American Champions 800 m Freestyle Women}}
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{{Footer Pan Pacific Champions 4x200m Freestyle Women}}

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[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American female freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Arizona Wildcats women's swimmers]]
[[Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Jacksonville, Florida]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Bolles School alumni]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportswomen]]