Michelle Carter
Event: Shot Put
Height: 5-9
Weight: 210
PR: 19.13m/62-9.25 (2009)
Born: 10/12/1985
Current Residence: Ovilla, Texas
High School: Red Oak High School '03
College: Texas '07
Coach: Michael Carter/Jon Drummond
Agent: Karen Locke
Sponsor: Nike
Club:
USA Championships
Three-time USA Outdoor champion – 2008 (18.85m/61-10.25); 2009 (18.03m/59-2); 2011 (19.86m/65-2)
Two-time USA Outdoor runner-up – 2005 (18.26m/59-11); 2010 (18.46m/60-06.75)
Two-time USA Junior champion – 2003 (16.05m/52-8); 2004 (16.33m/53-7)
2012 USA Indoor runner-up (19.27m/63-2.75)
International Championships
2004 World Junior champion (17.55m/57-7)
2003 Pan American Juniors gold medalist (16.23m/53-3)
2012 World Indoor bronze medalist (19.58m/64-3)
Collegiate Championships
2006 NCAA Indoor champion (18.56m/60-10.75)
2005 NCAA Indoor (17.86m/58-7) & Outdoor (17.06m/55-11.25) runner-up
About Michelle
Carter made her first Olympic Team by winning the women's shot put with a personal-best and U.S.-leading mark of 18.85m/61-10.25 at the 2008 Olympic Trials. In becoming an Olympian, she follows in the footsteps of her father, 1984 Olympic shot put silver medalist and boys' high school record holder Michael Carter. Carter collected her first NCAA shot put title at the 2006 NCAA Indoor Champs, winning the event with a then personal-best toss and University of Texas record of 18.56m/60-10.75. She was Texas’ first NCAA indoor shot put champion since 1994. Carter set a huge personal best of 18.26m/59-11 to take silver at the 2005 USA Outdoors. She also won silver at 2005 NCAA Indoors and Outdoors. Carter won the first-ever gold medal in the women’s shot put for Team USA at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto, Italy, with a personal best of 17.55m/57-7. Carter is the national prep record-holder in the shot put at 16.73m/54-10.75, while her father, Michael, set the still-standing national boys prep record of 81-3.5 in 1979. She was a four-time Texas 4A state champion in the shot put, also set state record in the discus. Carter won silver at 2001 World Youth in shot put, throwing 15.23m/49-11.75. Her father Michael was a standout football player and shot putter at SMU who played many years for the San Francisco '49ers. She has one sister, D'Andra, who is a thrower at Texas Tech, and one brother, Michael, Jr.
Results
2012: 3rd at World Indoors (19.58m/64-3); 2nd at USA Indoors (19.27m/63-2.75); 2nd at USATF Classic (19.09m/7-75);
2011: 9th at World Outdoors (18.76m/61-6.75); USA Outdoor champion (19.86m/65-2).
2010: USA Outdoor runner-up (18.46m/60-06.75); USA Indoor runner-up (18.03m/59-2i); 12th in qualifying at World Indoors (18.20m/59-8.5i); 1st at Texas Invite (18.43m/60-5.75); 4th at Shanghai (18.79m/61-7.75); 7th at Paris (18.17m/59-7.5); 5th at Monaco (18.70m/ 61-4.25); 1st at Goteborg (18.80m/61-8.25).
2009: 6th at World Outdoors (18.96m/62-2.5); USA Outdoor champion (18.03m/59-2); 1st at Reebok Grand Prix (18.43m/60-5.75); 1st at Zaragoza (18.44m/60-6); 1st at Jim Bush Invite (18.35m/60-2.5); 2nd at Stockholm (19.13m/62-9.25PR).
2008: 15th at Olympic Games (17.74m/58-2.5); 6th in qualifying (18.49m/60-8); Olympic Trials champion (18.85m/61-10.25); 1st at Triton (17.99m/59-0.25); 1st at Provo (18.71m/61-4.75).
2007: 5th at USA Outdoors (17.57m/57-7.75); 5th at NCAA Outdoors (17.23m/56-6.5).
2006: 3rd at NCAA Outdoors (17.91m/58-9.25); Big 12 Outdoor champion (17.98m/59-0); NCAA Indoor champion (18.56m/60-10.75); 2nd at Big 12 Indoor champs (17.30m/56-9.25).
2005: USA Outdoor Championships runner-up (18.26m/59-11); 2nd at NCAA Outdoor Champs (17.06m/55-11.25); 2nd at NCAA Indoor Champs (17.86m/58-7).
2004: 2004 World Junior gold medalist (17.55m/57-7); 2004 USA Junior champion (16.33m/53-7).
2003: 1st in Texas 4A state meet, setting the U.S. high school record (16.73m/54-10.75); 1st at USA Juniors (16.05m/52-8); 1st at Pan Am Juniors (16.23m/53-3).
2002: 1st in Texas 4A state meet (16.25m/53-3.75); 3rd at USA Juniors (16.24m/53-3.5); 1st at USA Junior Olympics (15.59m/51-1.75).
2001: 2nd in SP at World Youth (15.23m/49-11.75); 1st in Texas 4A state meet (15.14m/49-8.25).
2000: 1st in Texas 4A state meet (14.76m/48-5.25)
USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests
2012: Indoor bests - 19.58m/64-3 (No. 2 in the USA. No. 4 in the world)
2011: Outdoor bests – 19.86m/65-2 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 5 in the world)
2010: Indoor bests – 18.20m/59-8.5 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 18 in the world); Outdoor bests –18.80m/61-8.25 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 16 in the world)
2009: Outdoor bests – 19.13m/62-9.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 11 in the world)
2008: Outdoor bests – 18.85m/61-10.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 21 in the world)
2007: Indoor bests – 18.12m/59-5.50 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 18 in the world); Outdoor bests -- 17.57m/57-7.75 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 36 in the world)
2006: Indoor bests – 18.56m/60-10.75 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 10 in the world); Outdoor bests – 17.98m/59-0 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 31 in the world)
2005: Indoor bests – 17.86m/58-7.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 16 in the world); Outdoor bests – 18.26m/59-11 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 29 in the world)
2004: Indoor bests – 17.05m/55-11.25 (No. 9 in the USA, No. 44 in the world); Outdoor bests – 17.55m/57-7 (No. 6 in the USA)
2003: Indoor bests – 16.70m/54-9.5 (No. 12 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 16.73m/54-10.75 (No. 13 in the world)
2002: Outdoor bests – 16.25m/53-3.75 (No. 18 in the USA)
2001: Outdoor bests – 15.23m/49-11.75
2000: Outdoor bests – 14.44m/47-4.5