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| Born | (1965-05-08)May 8, 1965 (age 60) Wilmington, Delaware, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | George Mason Patriots | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Terri Dendy (born May 8, 1965) is a former American track and field athlete fromWilmington, Delaware. Dendy was ranked among the top ten women in theU.S. for the400 meters event from 1986 through 1989 and again in 1993.[1] She was an alternate on theU.S.4 × 400 meters relay team at the1988 Summer Olympics.[2]
Dendy graduated fromConcord High School, where she set a state record in the 400 meters. She continued her career atGeorge Mason University, where she set school records indoors at 300 meters (38.77), 400 meters (52.57), 500 meters (1:11.45) and outdoors 400 meters (51.45).[3] Dendy was a semi-finalist in the200 meters event at the1989 World Indoor Championships, running 23.75 seconds.[4]
In 1993, at theWorld Indoor Championships inToronto, Dendy won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay. Outdoors, she also won a silver medal at theWorld Championships inStuttgart, where she ran in the heats of the 4 × 400 m relay but not the final.[5]
Dendy was inducted into theDelaware Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.[6]
Her sister Dionne Jones-Dendy was also a track and field athlete, and her nephewMarquis Dendy is an American champion in the long jump. She now works as the athletic director at Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, Maryland.[7]
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