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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.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes 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 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 1st Heptathlon 2000 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 12th Heptathlon Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 9th Heptathlon 2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 7th Heptathlon Personal bests
- 200 Metres - 24.30
- 800 Metres - 2:16.67
- 100 Metres Hurdles - 13.10
- High Jump - 1.81
- Long Jump - 6.59
- Shot Put - 16.06
- Javelin Throw - 46.12
- Heptathlon - 6577
External links
- IAAF profile for Le Shundra Nathan
- USATF Profile
Pan American Champions in Women's Pentathlon and Heptathlon 1967–1979: Pentathlon · 1983–2007: Heptathlon 1951–1963: not held · 1967: Pat Winslow (USA) · 1971: Debbie Van Kiekebelt (CAN) · 1975 – 1979: Diane Jones-Konihowski (CAN) · 1983: Conceição Geremias (BRA) · 1987: Cindy Greiner (USA) · 1991: DeDee Nathan (USA) · 1995: Jamie McNeair (USA) · 1999: Magalys García (CUB) · 2003: Tiffany Lott-Hogan (USA) · 2007: Jessica Zelinka (CAN) · 2011: Lucimara da Silva (BRA)World Indoor Champions in Women's Pentathlon 1993: Liliana Năstase (ROM) • 1995: Svetlana Moskalets (RUS) • 1997: Sabine Braun (GER) • 1999: DeDee Nathan (USA) • 2001: Natallia Sazanovich (BLR) • 2003: Carolina Klüft (SWE) • 2004: Naide Gomes (POR) • 2006: Lyudmyla Blonska (UKR) • 2008: Tia Hellebaut (BEL) • 2010: Jessica Ennis (GBR)
Categories:- 1968 births
- Living people
- American heptathletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- People from Birmingham, Alabama
- People from Fort Wayne, Indiana
- American track and field athletics biography stubs
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