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DeAnna Marie Price (born June 8, 1993) is an American track and field athlete competing primarily in the hammer throw. [3] Price's personal best in the hammer is 80.31 m (263 ft 5 in), the American record, set at the 2021 US Olympic trials. The throw ranked her as the #2 women's thrower in history.
Anita Włodarczyk (Polish pronunciation: [aˈɲita vwɔˈdart͡ʂɨk]; born 8 August 1985) is a Polish hammer thrower.She is the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympic champion, and the first woman in history to throw the hammer over 80 m; she currently holds the women's world record of 82.98 m.
Pages in category "Female hammer throwers" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Vivian Chukwuemeka; M.
Pages in category "American female hammer throwers" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
In 2022, she was selected for the women's hammer throw event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] She was selected for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 2023 World Athletics Championship in Budapest , [ 7 ] where she reached the final .
The women's hammer throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 1 and 3 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] Approximately 35 athletes competed; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through distance or ranking (no universality places were used in 2016).
Camryn Rogers (born June 7, 1999) is a Canadian athlete specializing in the hammer throw. [5] She is the reigning Olympic and World champion in that discipline, in both cases the first Canadian woman to win that title, and only the second Canadian woman to win gold at the World Athletics Championships in any discipline.
The first World Record in the hammer throw for women was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1994. Up to today, the IAAF has ratified 25 world records in the event.