Anna Jelmini is an American female

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athlete. On May 13, 2009 she set the US high school record in the discus throw with a toss of 190 feet 3 inches, breaking the existing record by US Olympian

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set in 1994 and subsequently tied by Jelmini on April 24, 2009. On the same day she threw the shot put 54 feet 4-3/4 inches, the second longest toss in US high school history behind US Olympian Michelle Carter's 54 feet 10-3/4 inches, from 2003. Jelmini graduated from

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in Shafter,

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in 2009 and attended

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. Due to these record breaking performances, at the end of the 2009 season she was named Gatorade's National Track and Field Female

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and ''

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'' "High School Athlete of the Year." Anna Jelmini also received the key to the city in 2009. After four years at

she won the 2013

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. Anna Jelmini on the global stage earned two NACAC U23 championship discus titles (

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), one NACAC U23 Championship shot put silver medal and one World Junior Championships finalist.

High School Personal Bests

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jelmini, Anna 1990 births Living people Track and field athletes from California Sportspeople from Bakersfield, California American female discus throwers American female shot putters Arizona State Sun Devils women's track and field athletes