Michelle Perry
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Michelle Perry 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. (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
United States
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athlete. At the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
she placed 14th overall in the heptathlon
Heptathlon
A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...
competition. Later, at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
2005 World Championships in Athletics
The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland , the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of...
, 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
2007 World Championships in Athletics
The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007...
in Osaka, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
she successfully defended her title with another 100 m hurdles gold medal performance; winning in a time of 12.46 seconds. (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
Quartz Hill High School
Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Quartz Hill, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley Union High School District.-Campus:...
in Lancaster, California
Lancaster, California
Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the high desert, near the Kern County line. Lancaster currently ranks as the 30th largest city in California, and the 148th largest city in the United States. Lancaster is the principal city within the Antelope Valley...
and finished second in the 1997 CIF California State Meet
CIF California State Meet
The CIF California State Meet is the annual championship track and field meet for the California Interscholastic Federation. The meet was started in 1915 for boys and 1974 for girls. Every athlete in every high school in California has a direct qualification path that can reach the state meet...
in the Long Jump