DeAnna Price

DeAnna Price
Personal information
Full name DeAnna Marie Price
Born (1993-06-08) June 8, 1993
St. Charles, Missouri, United States[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Weight 109 kg (240 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Hammer throw
College team Southern Illinois University
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  United States
Continental Cup
2018 OstravaHammer throw
Updated on 8 September 2018.

DeAnna Marie Price (born June 8, 1993, in Moscow Mills, Missouri) is an American track and field athlete competing primarily in the hammer throw.[3] She represented her country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing[4] without qualifying for the final. A month before the World Championships, Price finished fourth at the 2015 Pan American Games.[5] Then two weeks later. Price picked up her first international medal by taking a silver behind Campbell at the 2015 NACAC Championships.[6] DeAnna Price placed third in hammer behind Team USA teammates Amber Campbell and Gwen Berry at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials[7] and represented the United States at 2016 Olympics, finishing eighth.[8]

Her personal best in the hammer is 78.12 m (256 ft 3 in), the (pending) American record, set at the 2018 National Championships. The throw ranks her at the #4 women's thrower in history.

While throwing for Southern Illinois University, she won back to back NCAA titles in the hammer throw. Has endured a series of injuries and only has one kidney.[9]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing the  United States
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 18th (q) 57.82 m
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 4th 68.84 m
NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 2nd 71.27 m
World Championships Beijing, China 18th (q) 68.69 m
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8th 70.95 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 9th 70.04 m
DécaNation Angers, France 2nd 70.60 m
2018 NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 1st 74.60 m

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References

  1. ↑ SIU profile
  2. ↑ 2015 PanAm Games profile
  3. ↑ DeAnna Price at IAAF
  4. ↑ http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-HT-W-q----.SL2.pdf
  5. ↑ http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/4013/original/pan-am-games-ticket-guide-042015.pdf
  6. ↑ http://www.athleticsnacac.org/attachments/article/413/NACAC%20Seniors%20CRC%2007-09AUG2015%20-%20FINAL%20Report.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2016/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials---Track---Field/Results.aspx
  8. ↑ https://www.olympic.org/rio-2016/athletics/hammer-throw-women
  9. ↑ http://www.teamusa.org/usa-track-and-field/athletes/Deanna-Price

DeAnna Price at IAAF


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