DeAnna Marie Price (born June 8, 1993) 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 primarily in the

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

. Price's personal best in the hammer is , the American record, set at the 2021 US Olympic trials. The throw ranks her as the #2 women's thrower in history.

Career

Price represented the USA at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. A month before the World Championships, Price had finished fourth at the

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. Then, two weeks later, Price picked up her first international medal by taking a silver behind Amber Campbell at the

2015 NACAC Championships The 2015 North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships was a regional track and field competition held at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica in San José, Costa Rica from August 7-9, 2015. It was the second edition of a senior ...

. Price placed third in hammer behind Team USA teammates Amber Campbell and

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at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials Price represented the United States at

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, finishing eighth. While throwing for

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, she won back to back

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titles in the hammer throw. Price has endured a series of injuries and only has one kidney. Price attended

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. There she was an All-State softball player and finished second in the discus and fifth in the shot put at the state track meet. Price had college scholarship offers in both softball and track and field.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

– 16.30 m ( Mt. SAC Relays 2015) *

Hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

– 80.31 m (Olympic Trials, 2021) *Discus – 53.46 m (

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Outdoors 2015) Indoor *

– 16.29 m (Carbondale 2014) *

Weight throw Two sports have events that fall under the name of weight throw one being the track and field event and the other being the Scottish highland games events. The track and field event is most popular in the United States as an indoor equivalent t ...

– 22.04 m (Fayetteville 2015)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Deanna 1993 births Living people American female hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Female weight throwers Olympic track and field athletes of the United States People from St. Charles, Missouri Southern Illinois Salukis women's track and field athletes Sportspeople from Greater St. Louis Track and field athletes from Missouri World Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States World Athletics Championships medalists IAAF Continental Cup winners USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics