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    Mary Teresa Slaney (formerly Tabb, née Decker, born August 4, 1958) is an American retired middle-distance runner. During her career, she won gold medals...
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  • IAAF recognized times to the hundredth of a second starting in 1981. Note: Decker ran 4:17.55 indoors in Houston on 16 February 1980, but this time was rejected...
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  • student, he worked sealcoating driveways in Erie. Decker graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1985 with a BA in English and from Carnegie Mellon...
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  • Kym Karath (Film: "The Sound of Music") is 64. Hall of Fame track star Mary Decker Slaney is 64. Actor Lauren Tom is 63. See also: "Almanac". The News-Item...
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    Mary Lou Retton (born January 24, 1968) is an American retired gymnast. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she won a gold medal in the individual...
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    race as a duel between Budd and world champion Mary Decker of USA. However, experts expected that Decker's main competition would be Romanian Maricica Puică...
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  • Leslie Maxie Lynn Nelson Cathy O'Brien PattiSue Plumer LaTanya Sheffield Mary Decker Slaney Gwen Torrence Delisa Walton-Floyd Schowonda Williams Dannette...
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    remembered because of the fall of world champion Mary Decker after a collision with Zola Budd. Mary Decker won the first heat to claim the new Olympic record...
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    shared the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year with American gymnast Mary Lou Retton in 1984, the same year he took the Athlete's Oath for the 1984...
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    32:17.20  Yelena Sipatova (URS) 1981-10-19 Moscow, Soviet Union 31:35.3  Mary Decker-Slaney (USA) 1982-07-16 Eugene, USA 31:35.01  Lyudmila Baranova (URS)...
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    Sir Matthew Decker, 1st Baronet (1679 – 18 March 1749) (Dutch: Mattijs Decker) of Richmond Green in Surrey, was a Dutch-born English merchant and economist...
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    athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Griffith and Joyner had one daughter together, Mary Ruth Joyner, born November 15, 1990. On September 21, 1998, Griffith Joyner...
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    4:00.72 Natalya Gorelova  Russia 27 February 2003 Moscow 21 4:00.8h Mary Decker  United States 8 February 1980 New York City 4:00.80+ Gabriela DeBues-Stafford...
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    Romania won the 3000 meters, known for the Mary Decker vs. Zola Budd rivalry. World champion and heavy favorite Decker fell after a controversial collision...
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    Salazar moved into coaching. By 1996 this included middle-distance runner Mary Decker, who at the age of 37 qualified for the 5000 meters at the Atlanta Olympics...
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    2005 World Championships in Athletics. The first two women's champions Mary Decker and Tatyana Dorovskikh both completed 1500 m/3000 m World Championships...
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    Alice Brown Judi Brown Julie Brown Robin Campbell Chandra Cheeseborough Mary Decker Diane Dixon Benita Fitzgerald-Brown Kim Gallagher Randy Givens Florence...
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  • Lindsey Decker (1923–1994), American artist Mary Beth Decker (b. 1981), American model Richard Decker, cartoonist in The New Yorker Jorel Decker, musical...
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  • 1983 Mary Decker  United States Track and field Double world champion 1984 Edwin Moses  United States Track and field Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton...
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    Hockey Team 1981: Sugar Ray Leonard 1982: Wayne Gretzky 1983: Mary Decker 1984: Edwin Moses & Mary Lou Retton 1985: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1986: Joe Paterno 1987:...
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    Hockey Team 1981: Sugar Ray Leonard 1982: Wayne Gretzky 1983: Mary Decker 1984: Edwin Moses & Mary Lou Retton 1985: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1986: Joe Paterno 1987:...
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  • twice broke the world record in the women's 5000 m, running barefoot Mary Decker, set six world records in 1982, at distances ranging from the mile to...
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    Hockey Team 1981: Sugar Ray Leonard 1982: Wayne Gretzky 1983: Mary Decker 1984: Edwin Moses & Mary Lou Retton 1985: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1986: Joe Paterno 1987:...
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    Alice Brown Judi Brown Julie Brown Robin Campbell Chandra Cheeseborough Mary Decker Diane Dixon Benita Fitzgerald-Brown Kim Gallagher Randy Givens Florence...
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    Alice Brown Judi Brown Julie Brown Robin Campbell Chandra Cheeseborough Mary Decker Diane Dixon Benita Fitzgerald-Brown Kim Gallagher Randy Givens Florence...
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    Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 11 February 2017 New York City 14 4:20.5h Mary Decker-Tabb  United States 19 February 1982 San Diego 15 4:20.61 Susan Lokayo...
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    Hockey Team 1981: Sugar Ray Leonard 1982: Wayne Gretzky 1983: Mary Decker 1984: Edwin Moses & Mary Lou Retton 1985: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1986: Joe Paterno 1987:...
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    Hockey Team 1981: Sugar Ray Leonard 1982: Wayne Gretzky 1983: Mary Decker 1984: Edwin Moses & Mary Lou Retton 1985: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1986: Joe Paterno 1987:...
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    in Marrakesh). Born in Cobh, County Cork, O'Sullivan was educated in St Marys National School Cobh and Cobh Community College. She completed her leaving...
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    Hockey Team 1981: Sugar Ray Leonard 1982: Wayne Gretzky 1983: Mary Decker 1984: Edwin Moses & Mary Lou Retton 1985: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1986: Joe Paterno 1987:...
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