Dana Pounds
American javelin thrower
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Country | United States |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | Javelin throw |
Dana Pounds is an American track and field athlete competing in the javelin throw. In 2007, she competed in the women's javelin throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics held in Osaka, Japan.[1] She did not qualify to compete in the final.[1]
She won the women's javelin throw event at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships both in 2005 and in 2006.[2]
In 2008, she won the women's United States Air Force Athlete of the Year award.[3]
Personal life
In December 2013, her husband David Lyon was killed by a car bomb in Afghanistan.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Women's javelin throw – Qualification". IAAF. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ a b "Air Force captain dies in Afghanistan; his wife was a star athlete from Lexington". Lexington Herald Leader. December 30, 2013. Archived from the original on July 26, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ "Dana Pounds named Air Force Athlete of the Year". United States Air Force. Joint Base San Antonio. December 23, 2008. Archived from the original on May 21, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
External links
- Dana Pounds at World Athletics
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US National Championship winners in women's javelin throw
Amateur Athletic Union
- 1923: Roberta Ranck
- 1924: Esther Spargo
- 1925: Aloa Silva
- 1926: Lillian Copeland
- 1927–8: Margaret Jenkins
- 1929: Estelle Hill
- 1930: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
- 1931: Lillian Copeland
- 1932: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
- 1933: Nan Gindele
- 1934: Not held
- 1935: Sylvia Broman
- 1936: Martha Worst
- 1937–8: Rose Auerbach
- 1939–49: Dorothy Dodson
- 1950: Amelia Wood
- 1951: Frances Licata
- 1952: Marjorie Larney
- 1953: Amelia Wood
- 1954–6: Karen Anderson
- 1957–60: Marjorie Larney
- 1961: Frances Davenport
- 1962: Karen Mendyka
- 1963: Frances Davenport
- 1964–7: RaNae Bair
- 1968: Barbara Friedrich
- 1969: Kate Schmidt
- 1970–2: Sherry Calvert
- 1973–7: Kate Schmidt
- 1978: Sherry Calvert
- 1979: Kate Schmidt
The Athletics Congress
- 1980–1: Karin Smith
- 1982: Lynda Hughes
- 1983–4: Karin Smith
- 1985: Cathy Sulinski
- 1986: Helena Uusitalo (FIN) * Donna Mayhew
- 1987: Karin Smith
- 1988: Donna Mayhew
- 1989: Laverne Eve (BAH) * Donna Mayhew
- 1990–1: Karin Smith
- 1992: Donna Mayhew
USA Track & Field
- 1993–5: Donna Mayhew
- 1996: Nicole Carroll
- 1997: Lynda Lipson
- 1998: Nicole Carroll
- 1999–2000: Lynda Blutreich
- 2001: Kim Kreiner
- 2002: Serene Ross
- 2003: Erica Wheeler
- 2004–6: Kim Kreiner
- 2007: Dana Pounds
- 2008–11: Kara Patterson
- 2012–3: Brittany Borman
- 2014–5: Kara Winger
- 2016: Maggie Malone
- 2017–18: Kara Winger
- 2019: Ariana Ince
- 20212020 OT: Maggie Malone
- 2022: Kara Winger
- The 1920, 1928 and 1932 championships, and championships in Olympic years since 1992 have incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held separately.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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