Shelia Burrell

Personal information
Born	(1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (age 53) Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Representing United States World Championships 2001 Edmonton Heptathlon Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Heptathlon 1999 Winnipeg 4x100m relay

Shelia Burrell (born January 15, 1972, inAlbuquerque, New Mexico) is an American athletics coach and formerheptathlete who is the head coach of theSan Diego State Aztecs women's cross country andwomen's track & field teams atSan Diego State University (SDSU). She was a two-time representative of theUnited States at the Summer Olympics, competing in 2000 and 2004.

Burrell's best Olympic finish was fourth place. She also competed twice at theWorld Championships in Athletics, which included a bronze medal in 2001. Burrell was also a two-time silver medalist at the1999 Pan American Games. Her personal best for the heptathlon 6472 points and she was American national champion on four occasions.

On the professional circuit, Burrell was the winner of the2002 Hypo-Meeting, having previously finished fourth at the1999 Hypo-Meeting and the2000 Hypo-Meeting. In her last outing there, she was sixth at the2004 Hypo-Meeting. In 2001, she won theDécastar in France.^[1]

Burrell completed a major in English and American studies atUCLA and was coached byBob Kersee while there, and later byJane Frederick. After her college career, she was coached byCliff Rovelto. She is not related to namesakes, contemporaries and fellow African-Americans track athletesLeroy Burrell andDawn Burrell.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the United States
1995	Universiade	Fukuoka City, Japan	DNF	Heptathlon
1998	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	7th	Heptathlon
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	11th	Heptathlon
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	2nd	Heptathlon
			2nd	4×100 m relay
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	26th	Heptathlon
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	Heptathlon
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	4th	Heptathlon

• USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
  • Heptathlon: 1999, 2002, 2003
• United States Olympic Trials
  • Heptathlon: 2004

• 200 metres – 22.92 (2001)
• 800 metres – 2:10.29 (2000)
• 100 metres hurdles – 13.05 (2001)
• High jump – 1.76 m (5 ft9+1⁄4 in) (1999)
• Long jump – 6.57 m (21 ft6+1⁄2 in) (2002)
• Shot put – 15.02 m (49 ft3+1⁄4 in) (2002)
• Javelin throw – 50.31 m (165 ft1⁄2 in) (2000)
• Heptathlon – 6472 pts (2001)

• Shelia Burrell atWorld Athletics
• Shelia Burrell atOlympics.com
• Shelia Burrell atTeamUSA.org (archived)
• Shelia Burrell atOlympedia

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