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DeAnna Price
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Price at the 2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Personal information
Full name DeAnna Marie Price
Born (1993-06-08) June 8, 1993 (age 31)
St. Charles, Missouri, United States
Height 1.72 m
Weight 109 kg
Sport
Country United States
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Hammer throw
College team Southern Illinois University
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 80.31 m (263 ft 5.68602363 in) NR, Eugene, 2021
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Gold 2019 Doha Hammer throw
Bronze 2023 Budapest Hammer throw
Pan American Games
Gold 2023 Santiago Hammer throw
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Continental Cup
Gold 2018 Ostrava Hammer throw
Updated on 28 September 2019.

DeAnna Marie Price, OLY (born June 8, 1993) is an American track and field athlete competing primarily in the hammer throw. 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.

In February 2021, Price broke the women's world record in the indoor hammer-style 25-pound weight throw. Price, the former Southern Illinois University athlete, threw the weight 85-4¼, breaking the previous record of 83-11½ set by Gwen Berry in 2017.

Career

Price attended Troy Buchanan High School in Troy, Missouri. 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.

While throwing for Southern Illinois University, she won back to back NCAA titles in the hammer throw. Price has endured a series of injuries and only has one kidney.

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 2015 Pan American Games. Then, two weeks later, Price picked up her first international medal by taking a silver behind Amber Campbell at the 2015 NACAC Championships.

Price placed third in hammer behind Team USA teammates Amber Campbell and Gwen Berry at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials Price represented the United States at 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing eighth.

Price won the gold medal at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, becoming the first woman from the United States to medal in any women's throws event at a World Championships.

Price competed in the women's hammer throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She threw 71 meters, placing 11th at the event.

She was hired as an assistant coach for Illinois Fighting Illini in 2022.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing the  United States
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 18th (q) 57.82 m
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 4th 68.84 m
NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 2nd 71.27 m
World Championships Beijing, China 18th (q) 68.69 m
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8th 70.95 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 9th 70.04 m
DécaNation Angers, France 2nd 70.60 m
2018 NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 1st 74.60 m
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 1st 77.54 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 8th 73.09 m
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd 75.41 m
Pan American Games Santiago, Chile 1st 72.34 m
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 11th 71.00 m

Personal bests

Outdoor

  • Shot put – 16.30 m (Mt. SAC Relays 2015)
  • Hammer throw – 80.31 m (Olympic Trials, 2021)
  • Discus – 53.46 m (MVC Outdoors 2015)

Indoor

  • Shot put – 16.29 m (Carbondale 2014)
  • Weight throw – 26.02 m (Albuquerque, 2023, World Record)

See also

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