Debbie Dunn
Dunn on her way to victory during the 2010 World Indoor Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1978-03-26) 26 March 1978 (age 46) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Debbie Dunn (born 26 March 1978) is an American sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres. Originally from Jamaica, she attended Fairmont Heights High School in Maryland, then Norfolk State University,[1] and became an American citizen in 2004.
At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics Dunn set a personal best of 49.95 seconds to qualify for the 400 metres world final. She was a little slower in the final, however, and finished in sixth place. In the 4 x 400 m relay event she finally outpaced everybody, grabbing the gold medal together with teammates Allyson Felix, Lashinda Demus and Sanya Richards.
One year later, at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha, Dunn achieved her first major individual victory by becoming 400 metres world indoor champion. She earned a second gold medal for the 4 x 400 m relay, in which the U.S. team consisting of Dunn, DeeDee Trotter, Natasha Hastings and Allyson Felix finished in 3:27.34.
In July 2012, it was announced that she tested positive for a banned substance.[2] In September 2012 she was given a two-year suspension.[3]
Personal bests
- 200 metres – 22.73 s (2009)[citation needed]
- 400 metres – 49.64 s (2010)
References
- ^ "Debbie Dunn". USA Track & Field. 2009. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ "Debbie Dunn withdraws from Olympics after positive drugs test". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ "Athletics: Dunn accepts ban".
External links
- Debbie Dunn at World Athletics
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- 1983: Kerstin Walther, Sabine Busch, Marita Koch, Dagmar Rübsam, Undine Bremer, Ellen Fiedler (GDR)
- 1987: Dagmar Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Petra Müller, Sabine Busch, Cornelia Ullrich (GDR)
- 1991: Tatyana Ledovskaya, Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova, Olga Nazarova, Olha Bryzhina, Anna Chuprina (URS)
- 1993: Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Natasha Kaiser, Jearl Miles, Terri Dendy, Michelle Collins (USA)
- 1995: Kim Graham, Rochelle Stevens, Camara Jones, Jearl Miles, Nicole Green (USA)
- 1997: Anke Feller, Uta Rohländer, Anja Rücker, Grit Breuer (GER)
- 1999: Tatyana Chebykina, Svetlana Goncharenko, Olga Kotlyarova, Natalya Nazarova, Natalya Sharova, Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS)
- 2001: Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott-Pomales, Debbie-Ann Parris, Lorraine Fenton, Michelle Burgher, Deon Hemmings (JAM)
- 2003: Demetria Washington, Jearl Miles Clark, Me'Lisa Barber, Sanya Richards, DeeDee Trotter (USA)
- 2005: Yuliya Pechonkina, Olesya Krasnomovets, Natalya Antyukh, Svetlana Pospelova, Tatyana Firova, Olesya Zykina (RUS)
- 2007: DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Mary Wineberg, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan, Natasha Hastings (USA)
- 2009: Debbie Dunn, Allyson Felix, Lashinda Demus, Sanya Richards, Natasha Hastings, Jessica Beard (USA)
- 2011: Sanya Richards-Ross, Allyson Felix, Jessica Beard, Francena McCorory, Natasha Hastings, Keshia Baker (USA)
- 2013: Jessica Beard, Natasha Hastings, Ashley Spencer, Francena McCorory, Joanna Atkins (USA)
- 2015: Christine Day, Shericka Jackson, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Novlene Williams-Mills, Anastasia Le-Roy, Chrisann Gordon (JAM)
- 2017: Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix, Shakima Wimbley, Phyllis Francis, Kendall Ellis, Natasha Hastings (USA)
- 2019: Phyllis Francis, Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad, Wadeline Jonathas, Jessica Beard, Allyson Felix, Kendall Ellis, Courtney Okolo (USA)
- 2022: Talitha Diggs, Abby Steiner, Britton Wilson, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Kaylin Whitney, Allyson Felix, Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA)
- 2023: Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, Femke Bol, Lisanne de Witte (NED)
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