Kym Carter | |
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| Born | Lelia Kym Carter Begel (1964-03-12)March 12, 1964 (age 61) Inglewood, California |
| Occupation | Heptathlete |
Lelia Kym Carter Begel (born March 12, 1964, inInglewood, California), also known asKym Carter, is a formerheptathlete from theUnited States, representing her native country at the1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona, Spain. There she finished in eleventh place.
Carter is the Carl Lewis Foundation's executive director and a board member of Sound Body Sound Mind, a program to increase physical fitness in high schools.[1] She is the mother of twins.[2]
In 1993, she earned her first World Ranking (No. 8) in the heptathlon and ended the season ranked number 1. It was the first time since 1985 that another American outrankedJackie Joyner-Kersee in the multi except for 1989 when Joyner-Kersee didn't compete.
In 1982, while atWichita East High School (the same high school as national record holder in the mile,Jim Ryun, she set theNFHS national high school record in thehigh jump at 6' 2 1/4". The record lasted for three years.[3]
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