Debra Sapenter
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Full name | Debra Elaine Sapenter | ||||||||||||||
Born | February 27, 1952 (1952-02-27) (age 72) Prairie View, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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Debra Elaine Sapenter (born February 27, 1952), is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meters. She was born in Prairie View, Texas. In 1975 she was rated as the number one 400 meter women's sprinter in the United States.[1] She competed for United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics, held in Montreal, in the 4 × 400 metres relay where she won the silver medal with her teammates Sheila Ingram, Pamela Jiles and Rosalyn Bryant.
After her running career Sapenter found a career in Information Technology holding Corporate Information Officer positions at Genuity, Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare / Harvard Vanguard, and Zürich Financial Group. In 1995 she was inducted into the Southwestern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame as Debra Sapenter-Speight.[2]
References
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Debra Sapenter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2015-09-30.
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Amateur Athletic Union
- 1958: Chris McKenzie
- 1959: Kim Polson
- 1960: Irene Robertson
- 1961: Jackie Peterson
- 1962–3: Suzanne Knott
- 1964: Janell Smith
- 1965: Janell Smith
- 1966–7: Charlette Cooke
- 1968: Jarvis Scott
- 1969: Kathy Hammond
- 1970: Mavis Laing
- 1971: Mable Fergerson
- 1972: Kathy Hammond
- 1973: Mable Fergerson
- 1974–5: Debra Sapenter
- 1976: Lorna Forde (BAR) * Sheila Ingram
- 1977: Sharon Dabney
- 1978: Lorna Forde (BAR) * Patricia Jackson
- 1979: Patricia Jackson
The Athletics Congress
- 1980: Sherri Howard
- 1981–3: Denean Howard
- 1984: Valerie Brisco
- 1985: Lillie Leatherwood
- 1986: Diane Dixon
- 1987–8: Lillie Leatherwood
- 1989: Rochelle Stevens
- 1990: Maicel Malone
- 1991: Lillie Leatherwood
- 1992: Rochelle Stevens
USA Track & Field
- 1993: Jearl Miles
- 1994: Natasha Kaiser-Brown
- 1995: Jearl Miles
- 1996: Maicel Malone
- 1997: Jearl Miles Clark
- 1998: Kim Graham
- 1999: Maicel Malone
- 2000–1: LaTasha Colander-Richardson
- 2002: Jearl Miles Clark
- 2003: Sanya Richards
- 2004: Monique Hennagan
- 2005–6: Sanya Richards
- 2007: DeeDee Trotter
- 2008–9: Sanya Richards
- 2010: Debbie Dunn
- 2011: Allyson Felix
- 2012: Sanya Richards-Ross
- 2013: Natasha Hastings
- 2014: Francena McCorory
- 2015–6: Allyson Felix
- 2017: Quanera Hayes
- 2018–9: Shakima Wimbley
- 20212020 OT: Quanera Hayes
- OT: Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Distance:The event was over 440 yards until 1932, 1955, 1957–8, 1961–3, 1965–6, 1969–70 and 1973–4
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