Dawn Harper-Nelson
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nation | United States | ||||||||||||||||||
birthday | May 13, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | East St. Louis | ||||||||||||||||||
size | 168 cm | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | 100 m hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||
Best performance | 12.37 s | ||||||||||||||||||
Trainer | Bob Kersee | ||||||||||||||||||
status | active | ||||||||||||||||||
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last change: August 12, 2017 |
Dawn Harper (since her marriage in 2013 Dawn Harper-Nelson ; born May 13, 1984 ) is an American hurdler and Olympic champion in the 100 meter hurdles .
The US and Pan-American youth champion from 2003 came third in the US eliminations for the Olympic Games in Beijing and surprisingly won the gold medal in 12.54 s, 4 hundredths of a second below her previous personal record.
At the 2011 World Athletics Championships in Daegu , she won the bronze medal in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 12.47 s. In London she was able to almost repeat her surprise success of 2008 at the 2012 Olympic Games . In the finals, Harper sprinted to a new personal record in 12.37 seconds and, as second, missed Olympic gold by just two hundredths.
In 2016, Harper tested positive for a diuretic during a doping control and was therefore banned for three months.
Dawn Harper is 1.68 m tall and weighs 61 kg. She comes from East St. Louis , studied psychology at UCLA from 2003 to 2006 and has lived in Los Angeles ever since , where she is trained by Bob Kersee. She starts for the sporting goods manufacturer Nike .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Top favorites do not stumble; Scrap strong eighth , HDsports.at, August 7, 2012
- ↑ Harper-Nelson blocked for three months spox.com February 8, 2017
Web links
- Dawn Harper Nelson in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait at USA Track & Field
- Athlete portrait at the UCLA track and field team
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SURNAME | Harper-Nelson, Dawn |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Harper, Dawn (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American hurdler and Olympic champion |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1984 |