Rayleen Lynch Explained

Rayleen Lynch
Position:Point guard
Birth Date:c. 1946
Birth Place:Cairns, Queensland
League:Basketball Queensland
Number:4
Nationality:Australian
Awards:
  • Queensland Basketball Hall of Fame (2016)

Rayleen Lynch (m. Decker) is a retired Australian women's basketball player.

Biography

Lynch was born in Cairns and became a multi-sport prodigy, gaining representative honours in basketball, tennis, softball, and athletics. At the age of 16, she was recruited to play basketball in Brisbane for North-West Districts. In 1963 Lynch first represented Queensland in basketball when she was selected in the team to contest the Australian championship in Perth. She continued to represent Queensland until 1973.[1]

At official FIBA events, Forster played at the 1967 World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.[2] With this selection Lynch became the first Queensland basketballer to represent Australia.[1]

Lynch is considered a pioneer of elite basketball in Queensland and was inducted in the Queensland Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Basketball Queensland. 2016 Queensland Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  2. FIBA Archive. 1967 World Championship for Women. Australia. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  3. http://www.imgrum.org/media/1339499848877460315_1141115085 Queensland Basketball. Hall of Fame 2016