DEHASHIA "Dee Dee"  TROTTER
Event: 400m
Height: 5-10
Weight: 140
PR: 400m - 49.64 (2007); 200m - 23.19 (2004); 100m -11.65 (2002)
Born: December 8, 1982 in Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Current Residence: Knoxville, Tenn.
High School: Cedar Grove (Ga.) HS, '01
College: University of Tennessee '05
Coach: Caryl Smith
Agent: Mark Wetmore
Club: adidas

Career Highlights: 2004 Olympic 4x400m gold medalist; 2-time World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist ('03, '07); 2007 USA Outdoor champion; 2-time USA Outdoor runner-up (’05, ’06); 2-time USA Indoor champion (’05, ’07); 2004 NCAA Outdoor champion;  2004 NCAA Outdoor 400m champion; 2003 NCAA runner-up; 2003 Pan Am

At the 2008 Olympic Trials, in perhaps the most astounding story of the women’s 400, Trotter finished third in 50.88. She was running with a broken bone chip in her left leg, the result of an errant car door closing on her two months ago. Just a few weeks prior to the Trials, Trotter was running 53 seconds in the 400. On July 3, she became a two-time Olympian…Trotter took the lead on the final curve and powered to a personal-best and world-leading time of 49.64 for her first national title at the 2007 USA Outdoor Championships...Trotter has parlayed a standout high school career running the 100 and 200m into an immensely successful career at 400 meters…Trotter, in 2005, won her first USA title in the 400 with a dominant performance of 52.01 to post the fastest time at the USA Indoor Championships since Jearl Miles-Clark ran 51.97 to win in 1999...won the 2004 NCAA title after placing second to fellow Olympic teammate Sanya Richards in the 400m at the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Trotter went on to place 5th at the Olympic Games and ran 1st leg on the gold medal-winning 4x400m relay…it was her second U.S. national team berth, having competed in the 400m at 2003 World Outdoors, where she ran in the semifinals for the gold …did not run in the finals but earned a gold medal for her services…anchored U.S. 4x400m relay team to gold at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, two weeks earlier, helping Americans win first gold in that event at Pan Am Games since 1991…attended two high schools: Cross Keys High School and Cedar Grove and was a four-time letterwinner in track and field and basketball…was the Georgia AAAA state title holder in the 200m (24.19), as well as the indoor title holder, setting the state record (24.83)…had the fifth-best all-time 200m time in Georgia high school history, while her 100m clocking was 10th…a member of state championship 4x400m relay team, whose 3:50.19 reading was seventh best all-time in Georgia…personal high school records include 23.9 outdoors and 24.83 indoors in the 200m, and 11.7 in the 100m…gave up her final year of eligibility at Tennessee to compete professionally after the 2004 season.

2008: 7th at Olympic Games semifinal (51.87)...3rd at Olympic Trials (50.88)…8th at Reebok Grand Prix (53.31)…9th at adidas Track Classic (53.99)...ranked #6 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 50.88.
2007: World Outdoors 4x400m gold medalist (3:18.55), 5th in 400m (50.17)...USA Outdoor champion (49.64PR)...USA Indoor champion (51.95)...2nd at adidas Track Classic (51.13)...4th at Reebok Grand Prix (51.40)...1st at Kingston (50.57)...3rd at Lausanne (51.48)...5th at Rome (51.05)...6th at Paris (51.12)...ranked #7 in the world (#3 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 49.64.
2006: USA Outdoor runner-up (50.40)...1st at adidas Classic (51.19)...2nd at Reebok Grand Prix (23.04)...4th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (51.86)...8th at Paris (51.50)...4th at World Athletics Final (50.58)...2nd at Shanghai GP (49.80)...ranked #6 in the world (#2 U.S.) at 400m by T&FN...best of 49.80.
2005: USA Outdoors runner-up (49.88)...5th at World Outdoor Championships (51.14)...2nd in 400m at Reebok Grand Prix (51.00)...5th in 400m at Nike Prefontaine Classic (51.42)...5th at adidas Track Classic (51.96)...1st at Helsinki GP (50.39)...4th at Zurich (50.43)...3rd at World Athletics Final (50.64)...2nd at Shanghai (50.90)...1st at Yokohama (50.03)...USA Indoor champion (52.01)...ranked #4 in the world (#2 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 49.88.
2004: Olympic 4x400m relay gold medalist (lead leg - 3:19.01)...NCAA Outdoor champion (50.32)...5th at Olympic Games (50.00)...3rd at Olympic Trials 400m (50.28)...3rd at Zurich (50.23)...4th at Brussels (50.22)...SEC Outdoor Championships runner-up (50.69)...3rd at NCAA Indoors (51.29i)...4th in 4x400m at NCAA Indoors (3:31.49 - lead off)...4th in 400m (51.64i) & 4th in 200m (23.21i) at SEC Indoor Championships...1st in 200m at Penn State (23.19i)...ranked #4 in the world (#2 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 50.00.
2003: NCAA Outdoor runner-up (50.66)...3rd at U.S. Outdoors (51.78)...anchored Team USA at 4x400m gold at Pan Am Games (3:26.40)...5th in semifinal at World Outdoors (51.68-dnq)...won gold medal at World Outdoors by running 2nd leg of 4x400m in semifinals (3:24.57)...2nd in qualifying heat of 200 at NCAA Indoors (23.42 dnq); ran anchor on Lady Vols' 2nd place 4x400m team at SEC Outdoors (3:34.07)...ranked #4 in U.S. at 400m by T&FN...best of 50.66.
2002: 6th at SEC Championships 200m (23.78)...qualified for NCAA Indoors...4th at NCAA Outdoors 4x400m (3:31.49)...8th at SEC Outdoors 4x100m (45.40)...3rd at SEC Championships 4x400m...6th at NCAA Outdoors 4x400m (3:36.75).
2001: Georgia state indoor 200m champion (24.83)...Georgia AAAA state outdoors 200m champion (24.19)...2nd at Georgia state championships 100m (11.82)...anchored winning 4x400m at state meet (3:50.19)...Named Atlanta Track Club 200m Woman of the Year.
2000: Named Atlanta Track Club's selection for 100m and 200m Athlete of the Year...bests of 23.9 and 11.7.

06/23/09