Personal

Daughter of Alabe and Larry Devers...Graduated from Sweetwater Union High School...High school football stadium was later renamed in her honor...Won the NCAA championship in the 100-meter in 1988 while attending UCLA...Diagnosed with Graves’ disease in 1990, a thyroid disorder treated with radiation therapy...Claimed the gold medal in the 100 at the Olympic Games Barcelona 1992 just 19 months after the diagnosis of thyroid condition...Won 21 international races and three championships in 1993, and was named the U.S. Female Athlete of the Year by the USOC...Her last competitive event was at the 2007 Millrose Games in New York, where she won the 60 hurdles at age 40...Accomplished motivational speaker and speed coach for professional athletes...Mother to two children.

Olympic Experience

5-time Olympian; 3-time Olympic medalist (3 gold)

Olympic Games Athens 2004, (100m Hurdles - Women), 12th (100m - Women)
Olympic Games Sydney 2000, 9th (100m Hurdles - Women)
Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, gold (100m - Women, 4 x 100m Relay - Women), 4th (100m Hurdles - Women)
Olympic Games Barcelona 1992, gold (100m - Women), 5th (100m Hurdles - Women)
Olympic Games Seoul 1988, 14th (100m Hurdles - Women)

World Championships Experience

Most recent: 2004 – gold (60m (Indoor) - Women), silver (60m Hurdles (Indoor) - Women)
Years of participation: 60m (Indoor) - Women 1993, 1997, 1999, 2004; 60m Hurdles (Indoor) - Women 2004; 100m - Women 1993, 1999, 2003; 100m Hurdles - Women 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003; 4 x 100m Relay - Women 1993, 1997, 1999
Medals: 12 (8 gold, 4 silver)

Gold – 2004 (60m (Indoor) - Women); 1999 (100m Hurdles - Women); 1997 (4 x 100m Relay - Women, 60m (Indoor) - Women); 1995 (100m Hurdles - Women); 1993 (100m - Women, 100m Hurdles - Women, 60m (Indoor) - Women)
Silver – 2004 (60m Hurdles (Indoor) - Women); 2001 (100m Hurdles - Women); 1999 (60m (Indoor) - Women); 1993 (4 x 100m Relay - Women)

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