Dawn Burrell facts for kids
Burrell at the 2000 Olympics
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| Born | November 1, 1973 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Residence | Houston, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Long jump | |||||||||||||
| College team | University of Houston | |||||||||||||
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Dawn C. Burrell was born on November 1, 1973. She is an American chef and a former long jumper. A long jumper is an athlete who tries to jump as far as possible from a running start. Dawn won a gold medal at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She also represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics. After her sports career, she became a chef. In 2020, she was a semifinalist for a special cooking award called the James Beard Foundation Award. Dawn is the younger sister of Leroy Burrell, who was once a world record holder in the 100-meter dash.
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Athletic Career
Dawn Burrell went to Penn Wood High School. She started her sports journey there in 1991. She won four state titles in jumping and hurdling events in Pennsylvania. She also earned a bronze medal at the United States Junior Championships.
Early Competitions
Dawn first focused on the 100-meter hurdles. She reached the final in this event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics. Over time, she started to focus more on the long jump. Her first big international competition in long jump was the Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games. She finished fifth there. Dawn also competed for the University of Houston in track and field from 1993 to 1995.
National Success
In 1997, Dawn won the long jump title at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. She won it again the next year. In 1998, she made her personal best indoor jump of 6.92 meters. That same year, she jumped 6.90 meters outdoors. She also won a bronze medal at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Dawn finished fourth at the Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games. She also competed at the 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final, where she placed eighth.
In 1999, Dawn was second at the national indoor championships. She then competed at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships, finishing eighth. She won her first and only outdoor American title in Eugene, Oregon. She set a new personal record of 6.96 meters. Dawn reached the long jump final at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. This was her only time competing on the outdoor world stage, and she finished sixth.
Olympic Games and World Gold
In 2000, Dawn was second at the United States Olympic Track and Field Trials. She jumped 6.97 meters, which helped her qualify for the Summer Olympics. In August, she set her best outdoor jump of 6.98 meters. She won the long jump at the DN Galan meeting in Stockholm.
At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Dawn made it to the long jump final. She was the third best qualifier with a jump of 6.77 meters. However, in the final, she only had one good jump of 6.38 meters. She finished in tenth place. She ended her season with a silver medal at the 2000 IAAF Grand Prix Final. She also ran in the 100-meter hurdles at this event, finishing seventh.
The year 2001 was very important for Dawn. She won her third U.S. Indoor long jump title. She was chosen to compete at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Lisbon, Portugal. There, Dawn had the best performance of her career. She jumped 7.03 meters, which was her first time jumping over seven meters. This jump won her the gold medal. It also placed her among the top ten long jumpers in indoor history. She became the second-best American indoor long jumper, after Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
After this big win, Dawn was getting ready for the outdoor season. But in April, she suffered a serious knee injury. This injury kept her from competing for the rest of the season. The injury also largely ended her career. She competed a few times after that but did not win any more national titles.
Culinary Career
After her sports career, Dawn Burrell decided to become a chef. She went to the Art Institute of Houston to study cooking. She worked at restaurants in London and Houston. She then became a sous chef at Uchiko, a restaurant in Austin.
Chef and Awards
Later, Dawn became the head chef at Kulture in Houston. This restaurant focused on "global comfort" food from the African diaspora. In 2020, Dawn was a semifinalist for a James Beard Foundation Award. This award is a very important honor for chefs. She left Kulture when the COVID-19 pandemic started. She was taking care of her mother, who had recently had a stroke. Working in a restaurant would have put her mother at risk.
TV Appearances
Dawn has also appeared on several cooking TV shows. She was a contestant on Cutthroat Kitchen and Chopped. She also competed on Man vs. Master: Chef Battle. In 2021, she competed on Top Chef: Portland. She made it to the final three contestants. Dawn said she was happy to show that Black women can cook at a high level on national TV. She returned for Top Chef: World All-Stars in 2023 but was eliminated early in the season.
See also
In Spanish: Dawn Burrell para niños
