Michelle Perry

Medal record
Michelle Perry
Women's athletics
Competitor for the  United States
World Championships
Gold	2005 Helsinki	100 m hurdles
Gold	2007 Osaka	100 m hurdles

Michelle Perry (born 1 May 1979 in Granada Hills, California) is an American athlete. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she placed 14th overall in the heptathlon competition. Later, at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, she was awarded a gold medal in the 100 m hurdles with a time of 12.66 seconds.

Then, at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan she successfully defended her title with another 100 m hurdles gold medal performance; winning in a time of 12.46 seconds.^[1] (a result surrounded by some debate since she ran on the next lane (Susanna Kallur's lane) and made sure that the Swede did not even get a medal. But the Swedish protest was filed too late, even though it was clear and obvious in the TV pictures) Her current personal record in the event is 12.43 seconds.

Perry attended Quartz Hill High School in Lancaster, California and finished second in the 1997 CIF California State Meet in the Long Jump^[2]

Audio interviews

• Michelle reflects on her 2007 and second consecutive 100m World Championship gold medal

References

1. ^ "Perry, Lagat win gold with strong finishes". TheFinalSprint.com. 29 August 2007. http://www.thefinalsprint.com/2007/08/perry-lagat-win-gold-with-strong-finishes/. 
2. ^ http://www.dyestat.com/97/out/state/cal-results-girls.html Dyestat results

External links

• Michelle Perry's U.S. Olympic Team bio
• IAAF profile for Michelle Perry

Sporting positions
Preceded by Joanna Hayes	Women's 100m Hurdles Best Year Performance 2005 — 2007	Succeeded by Lolo Jones

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Name	Perry, Michelle
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Date of birth	1 May 1979
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