Jodie Victoria Datson (born 14 August 1977) is a retired Australian women's

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player.

Biography

Datson played for the

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between 2003-2005 and was also a member of the 2004 Olympic squad for

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. She was not selected in the final team. Datson's best season in the

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(WNBL) was 2003–04 with the

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, where she was awarded their

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and named in the national All-Star Five. To help celebrate the Fire's 15th anniversary in the WNBL in 2015, Datson was named in their commemorative All-Star team.O'Neil, Rohan (4 November 2015)
''Fan voted team to honour Fire’s 15th anniversary''
''Townsville Bulletin''. Retrieved 2017-11-10.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Datson, Jodie 1977 births Living people Australian women's basketball players Point guards Place of birth missing (living people)