DeDee Nathan

LeShundra "DeDee" Nathan (born April 20, 1968 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a retired heptathlete from the United States, who won the gold medal at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. She is a two-time U.S. champion (2000 and 2001) and the 1999 World Indoor pentathlon gold medalist.

She was the winner of the 1999 Hypo-Meeting, but placed only twelfth the following year.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1991	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	1st	Heptathlon
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	8th	Pentathlon
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	17th	Heptathlon
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	3rd	Heptathlon
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	8th	Heptathlon
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	7th	Pentathlon
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	7th	Heptathlon
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	1st	Pentathlon
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	9th	Heptathlon
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	7th	Heptathlon

Personal bests

200 metres - 22.00
800 metres - 2:16.67
100 metres hurdles - 13.10
High jump - 1.81
Long jump - 6.59
Shot put - 16.06
Javelin throw - 46.12
Heptathlon - 6577

External links

DeDee Nathan profile at IAAF
USATF Profile

Pan American Games champions in women's pentathlon and heptathlon

1967–1979: Pentathlon 1983–2007: Heptathlon

1951–1963: Not held 1967: Pat Winslow (USA) 1971: Debbie Van Kiekebelt (CAN) 1975–1979: Diane Jones-Konihowski (CAN) 1983: Conceição Geremias (BRA) 1987: Cindy Greiner (USA) 1991: DeDee Nathan (USA) 1995: Jamie McNeair (USA) 1999: Magalys García (CUB) 2003: Tiffany Lott-Hogan (USA) 2007: Jessica Zelinka (CAN) 2011: Lucimara da Silva (BRA) 2015: Yorgelis Rodríguez (CUB)

World Indoor Champions in Women's Pentathlon

1993: Liliana Năstase (ROM) 1995: Svetlana Moskalets (RUS) 1997: Sabine Braun (GER) 1999: DeDee Nathan (USA) 2001: Natallia Sazanovich (BLR) 2003: Carolina Klüft (SWE) 2004: Naide Gomes (POR) 2006: Lyudmyla Blonska (UKR) 2008: Tia Hellebaut (BEL) 2010: Jessica Ennis (GBR) 2012: Nataliya Dobrynska (UKR) 2014: Nadine Broersen (NED) 2016: Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN)

US National Championship winners in women's pentathlon and heptathlon

1950–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1950–4: Stanisława Walasiewicz 1955–6: Barbara Mueller 1957–9: Ann Roniger 1960: Jo Ann Terry 1961–7: Pat Daniels 1968: Chi Cheng (TPE) 1969: Jan Glotzer 1970: Pat Daniels 1971: Marilyn King 1972–3: Jane Frederick 1974: Mitzi McMillan 1975–6: Jane Frederick 1977: Linda Cornelius 1978: Modupe Oshikoya (NGR) 1979: Jane Frederick

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Themis Zambrzycki (BRA) 1981: Jane Frederick 1982: Jackie Joyner 1983: Jane Frederick 1984: Cindy Greiner 1985–6: Jane Frederick 1987: Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1988: Sheila Tarr 1989: Jolanda Jones 1990: Cindy Greiner 1991–2: Jackie Joyner-Kersee

1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1994: Kym Carter 1995: Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1996–8: Kelly Blair LaBounty 1999: Shelia Burrell 2000–1: DeDee Nathan 2002–4: Shelia Burrell 2005: Hyleas Fountain 2006: GiGi Johnson 2007–8: Hyleas Fountain 2009: Diana Pickler 2010: Hyleas Fountain 2011: Sharon Day-Monroe 2012: Hyleas Fountain 2013-4: Sharon Day-Monroe 2015: Barbara Nwaba

Notes	Held as a women's pentathlon from 1950 to 1980 Since 1992 the championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

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