Aretha Thurmond

Aretha Thurmond

Thurmond at the 2010 Meeting Areva
Personal information
Born	(1976-08-14) August 14, 1976
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	95 kg (210 lb)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus
Updated on 14 August 2012.

Aretha Thurmond, née Hill (born 14 August 1976 in Seattle) is an American discus thrower, whose personal best distance is 65.86 metres, achieved in March 2004 in Marietta.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the United States
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	34th	56.04 m
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	1st
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.	1st
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	2nd
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	19th	58.82 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	4th
2005	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd
2006	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	5th
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	2nd
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	10th	59.89 m
2011	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	2nd	59.53 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	25	59.39 m

External links

• IAAF profile for Aretha Thurmond