LeShundra "DeDee" Nathan (born April 20, 1968, in

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) is a retired

heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

from the

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, who won the gold medal at the

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. She is a two-time U.S. champion (2000 and 2001) and the 1999 World Indoor

pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) ( gr, πένταθλον). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of t ...

gold medalist. She attended high school at South Side High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana and later on graduated from Indiana University. She was the winner of the 1999 Hypo-Meeting, but placed only twelfth the following year.

International competitions

Personal bests

*200 metres - 24.11 *800 metres - 2:16.01 *100 metres hurdles - 13.10 *High jump - 1.81 *Long jump - 6.59 *Shot put - 16.06 *Javelin throw - 50.08 *Heptathlon - 6577

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