DeDee Nathan
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Women’s Heptathlon | ||
Representing United States | ||
Pan American Games | ||
1991 Havana | Heptathlon | |
1995 Mar del Plata | Heptathlon |
LeShundra "DeDee" Nathan (born April 20, 1968, in Birmingham, Alabama) is a retired heptathlete from the United States, who won the gold medal at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. She is a two-time U.S. champion (2000 and 2001) and the 1999 World Indoor pentathlon gold medalist. She attended high school at South Side High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana and later on graduated from Indiana University.
She was the winner of the 1999 Hypo-Meeting, but placed only twelfth the following year.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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1991 | Pan American Games | Havana, Cuba | 1st | Heptathlon |
1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 8th | Pentathlon |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 17th | Heptathlon | |
1995 | Pan American Games | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 3rd | Heptathlon |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 8th | Heptathlon | |
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 7th | Pentathlon |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 7th | Heptathlon | |
1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 1st | Pentathlon |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 9th | Heptathlon |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 7th | Heptathlon |
Personal bests
- 200 metres - 24.11
- 800 metres - 2:16.01
- 100 metres hurdles - 13.10
- High jump - 1.81
- Long jump - 6.59
- Shot put - 16.06
- Javelin throw - 50.08
- Heptathlon - 6577
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- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
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- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
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