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DeAnna Price

DeAnna Price at the 2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Personal information
Full name	DeAnna Marie Price
Nationality	American
Born	(1993-06-08) June 8, 1993 (age 29) Moscow Mills, Missouri, United States
Height	1.72 m
Weight	109 kg
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Hammer throw
College team	Southern Illinois University
Medal record Women's track and field Representing  United States World Championships Gold 2019 Doha Hammer throw Representing Americas Continental Cup Gold 2018 Ostrava Hammer throw
Updated on 28 September 2019.

DeAnna Marie Price (born June 8, 1993) is an American track and field athlete competing primarily in the hammer throw. Price's personal best in the hammer is 80.31 m (263 ft 5 in), the American record, set at the 2021 US Olympic trials. The throw ranks her as the #2 women's thrower in history.

Career

Price represented the USA at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. A month before the World Championships, Price had finished fourth at the 2015 Pan American Games. Then, two weeks later, Price picked up her first international medal by taking a silver behind Amber Campbell at the 2015 NACAC Championships.

Price placed third in hammer behind Team USA teammates Amber Campbell and Gwen Berry at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials Price represented the United States at 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing eighth.

While throwing for Southern Illinois University, she won back to back NCAA titles in the hammer throw. Price has endured a series of injuries and only has one kidney.

Price attended Troy Buchanan High School in Troy, Missouri. There she was an All-State softball player and finished second in the discus and fifth in the shot put at the state track meet. Price had college scholarship offers in both softball and track and field.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the  United States
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	18th (q)	57.82 m
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	4th	68.84 m
	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	2nd	71.27 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	18th (q)	68.69 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	8th	70.95 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	9th	70.04 m
	DécaNation	Angers, France	2nd	70.60 m
2018	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	1st	74.60 m
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	77.54 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	8th	73.09 m

Personal bests

Outdoor

• Shot put – 16.30 m (Mt. SAC Relays 2015)
• Hammer throw – 80.31 m (Olympic Trials, 2021)
• Discus – 53.46 m (MVC Outdoors 2015)

Indoor

• Shot put – 16.29 m (Carbondale 2014)
• Weight throw – 22.04 m (Fayetteville 2015)