Debra Sapenter
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Full name | Deborah Elaine Sapenter | ||||||||||||||
Born | February 27, 1952 Prairie View, Texas, U.S. | (age 72)||||||||||||||
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Deborah Elaine "Debra" Sapenter, later Speight-Christopher (born February 27, 1952), is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meters. She was born in Prairie View, Texas. In 1975 she was rated as the number one 400 meter women's sprinter in the United States.[1] She competed for United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics, held in Montreal, in the 4 × 400 metres relay where she won the silver medal with her teammates Sheila Ingram, Pamela Jiles and Rosalyn Bryant.
After her running career Sapenter found a career in Information Technology holding Corporate Information Officer positions at Genuity, Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare / Harvard Vanguard, and Zürich Financial Group. In 1995 she was inducted into the Southwestern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame as Debra Sapenter-Speight.[2]
References
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Debra Sapenter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
- 1952 births
- Living people
- People from Waller County, Texas
- American sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- American track and field athletics Olympic medalist stubs
- American sprinter stubs
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics