Dana Pounds is an American

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete competing in the

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

. In 2007, she competed in the women's javelin throw event at the

2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federat ...

held in Osaka, Japan. She did not qualify to compete in the final. She won the women's javelin throw event at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships both in 2005 and in 2006. In 2008, she won the women's United States Air Force Athlete of the Year award.

Personal life

In December 2013, her husband David Lyon was killed by a car bomb in Afghanistan.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American female javelin throwers World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States 21st-century American women {{US-javelinthrow-athletics-bio-stub