Mary Decker

Mary Decker

800 m: 1:56.90
1500 m: 3:57.12
mile: 4:16.71

3000 m: 8:25.83 Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for the United States
World Championships
Gold 1983 Helsinki 1500 m
Gold 1983 Helsinki 3000 m
Pan American Games
Gold 1979 San Juan 1500 m

Mary Slaney (born Mary Teresa Decker August 4, 1958, Bunnvale, Hunterdon County, New Jersey) is an American former track athlete. During her career, she won gold medals in the 1500 meters and 3000 meters at the 1983 World Championships, and set 17 official and unofficial world records and 36 US national records.

Read more about Mary Decker:  Biography, Career, The 1984 Olympic Incident, Doping Controversy, Later Life

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