Name: DeAnna Price

Sport: Track and Field

Event(s): Hammer Throw

Height: 5-8

DOB: 6/8/1993

Birthplace: St. Charles, Mo.

Hometown: Old Monroe/Troy, Missouri, Mo.

High School: Troy Buchanan High School (Troy, Mo.) ‘11

College: Southern Illinois University ’16, Accounting

Coach(es): James Craig Lambert

Olympic Experience

• Two-time Olympian (2016, 2020)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 8th (hammer throw)
• Olympic Games Rio 2016, 8th (hammer throw)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2019 – gold (hammer throw)
• Years of participation: Outdoor – 2015, 2017, 2019
• Medals: 1 (gold)
• Gold – 2019 (hammer throw)

Personal: Daughter of Daniel and Ann Price...Has two brothers, Marcus and Steven...Married to James Lambert...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 dog, playing softball and hunting.

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