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| Born | (1979-05-01)May 1, 1979 (age 46) Los Angeles, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||
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Michelle Perry (born May 1, 1979) is an American athlete. At the2004 Summer Olympics she placed 14th overall in theheptathlon competition. Later, at the2005 World Championships in Athletics, she earned a gold medal in the100 m hurdles with a time of 12.66 seconds. Her current personal record in the event is 12.43 seconds.
Perry attendedQuartz Hill High School inLancaster, California and finished second in the 1997CIF California State Meet in the Long jump.[1] Competing for theUCLA Bruins track and field team, Perry finished runner-up in the heptathlon at the2001 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[2]
At the2007 World Championships in Athletics inOsaka,Japan she successfully defended her title with another100 m hurdles gold medal performance; winning in a time of 12.46 seconds.[3] The result was surrounded by some debate since she ran on the next lane (Susanna Kallur's lane) and some think she made contact with the Swede over the last hurdle. Despite television evidence, there was no official decision as the Swedish protest was filed too late.[4][5]
Perry missed out on a spot for the2008 Beijing Olympics, but made the team for the2009 World Championships in Athletics. However, she was unable to defend her title as she entered the competition with a knee injury and was eliminated in the first round.[6] She missed the 2010 and 2011 seasons due to injury and pregnancy.[7]
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