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American sprinter
Debbie Dunn
Born (1978-03-26 ) 26 March 1978 (age 46)
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
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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)
1991:
Germany (
Seuser ,
Schreiter ,
Hesselbarth ,
Breuer )
1993:
Jamaica (
Hemmings ,
Grant ,
Rattray-Williams ,
Richards )
1995:
Russia (
Chebykina ,
Ruzina ,
Kulikova ,
Goncharenko )
1997:
Russia (
Chebykina ,
Goncharenko ,
Kotlyarova ,
Alekseyeva )
1999:
Russia (
Chebykina ,
Goncharenko ,
Kotlyarova ,
Nazarova )
2001:
Russia (
Nosova ,
Zykina ,
Sotnikova ,
Kotlyarova )
2003:
Russia (
Antyukh ,
Pechonkina ,
Zykina ,
Nazarova )
2004:
Russia (
Krasnomovets ,
Kotlyarova ,
Levina ,
Nazarova )
2006:
Russia (
Levina ,
Nazarova ,
Krasnomovets ,
Antyukh )
2008:
Russia (
Gushchina ,
Levina ,
Nazarova ,
Zykina )
2010:
United States (
Dunn ,
Trotter ,
Hastings ,
Felix )
2012:
Great Britain (
Cox ,
Sanders ,
Ohuruogu ,
Shakes-Drayton )
2014:
United States (
Hastings ,
Atkins ,
McCorory ,
Tate ,
Hayes ,
Hargrove )
2016:
United States (
Hastings ,
Hayes ,
Okolo ,
Spencer )
2018:
United States (
Hayes ,
Moline ,
Wimbley ,
Okolo )
2022:
Jamaica (
Bromfield ,
Russell ,
McGregor ,
McPherson ,
James )
2024:
Netherlands (
Klaver ,
Peeters ,
De Witte ,
Bol ,
Van der Schoot ,
Saalberg )
1977: East Germany (
Popp ,
Krug ,
Brehmer ,
Koch )
1979: East Germany (
Kotte ,
Brehmer ,
Köhn ,
Koch )
1981: East Germany (
Rübsam ,
Steuk ,
Wöckel ,
Koch )
1985: East Germany (
Emmelmann ,
Busch ,
Neubauer ,
Koch )
1989: Americas (
Crooks ,
Davis ,
Jackson ,
Quirot )
1992: Americas (
Edeh ,
Crooks ,
Carabali ,
Restrepo )
1994: Great Btitain (
Smith ,
Keough ,
Neef ,
Gunnell )
1998: Germany (
Feller ,
Rohländer ,
Urbansky ,
Breuer )
2002: Americas (
Richards ,
Pernía ,
Amertil ,
Guevara )
2006: Americas (
S. Williams ,
Darling ,
Amertil ,
N. Williams )
2010: Americas (
Williams ,
Dunn ,
Wilson ,
Amertil )
2014: Americas (
Day ,
McCorory ,
McPherson ,
Williams-Mills )
1958–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes
OT : Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.
2020 OT : The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic .
Distance :The event was over 440 yards until 1932, 1955, 1957–8, 1961–3, 1965–6, 1969–70 and 1973–4
1959–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes *Distances have varied as follows: 440 yards (1959–1986), 400 meters (1987–date) alternating with 300 meters in odd numbered years starting 2015