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DeAnna Price

Basic Information

  • Gender: Female
  • Born: 6/8/1993
  • Status: Active

Residences

  • Hometown: Troy, MO
  • High School: Troy Buchanan High School
  • College: Southern Illinois University ‘16, Accounting

Athlete Info

  • Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field
  • Coach: James Craig Lambert
  • Agent: Karen Locke
  • Sponsor: Nike

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Records Held

  • American Record - Hammer Throw - June 26, 2021 to present

Olympic Games

  • 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, eighth (Hammer)
  • 2016 Rio Olympic Games, eighth (Hammer)

World Athletics Championships

  • 2019 World Outdoor Championships, gold (Hammer)
    • First American to medal in the event at a World Championships
  • 2017 World Outdoor Championships, ninth (Hammer)
  • 2015 World Outdoor Championships, Q1-10th (Hammer)
  • 2012 World Junior (U20) Championships, Q2-11th (Hammer)

Other Career Highlights

  • Current American Record holder
  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trial, gold (Hammer)
  • 2019 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (Hammer)
  • 2019 USATF Indoor Championships, silver (Weight throw)
  • 2018 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (Hammer)
  • 2018 NACAC Championships, gold (Hammer)
  • 2018 USATF Indoor Championships, gold (Weight throw)
  • 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships, bronze (Hammer)
  • 2017 USATF Indoor Championships, silver (Weight throw)
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, bronze (Hammer)
  • 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships, gold (Hammer)
  • 2015 USATF Outdoor Championships, silver (Hammer)
  • 2015 Pan American Games, fourth (Hammer)
  • 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships, bronze (Weight Throw)
  • 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships, eighth (Hammer)
  • 2013 USATF Outdoor Championships, 13th (Hammer)
  • 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships, 10th (Hammer)
  • 2012 USATF Junior (U20) Championships, silver (Hammer)

Personal

Daughter of Daniel and Ann Price…Has two brothers, Marcus and Steven… Was an All-State softball player in high school… In 2015, became only the fifth woman in NCAA history to win back-to-back hammer throw titles, and the first since 2007… Has only one kidney… Has endured several injuries throughout her career, including a dislocated shoulder, broken scapula, torn abdominal, torn MCL, and a stretched ACL and PCL… Interests include painting, walking her dogs Maverick and Bella, playing softball, and hunting… Married longtime boyfriend and coach James Lambert...Competed at the Tokyo Games with an injured ankle and a torn hip labrum.

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