Dawn Burrell

Dawn Burrell

Burrell at the 2000 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1973-11-01) November 1, 1973 (age 43) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Residence	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Sport
Sport	Long jump
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  United States World Indoor Championships 2001 Lisbon Long jump

Dawn C. Burrell (born November 1, 1973 in Philadelphia) is a retired long jumper from the United States, who is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She is the younger sister of former 100 m world record holder Leroy Burrell.

She attended Penn Wood High School and enjoyed her first athletic successes in 1991 when she won four Pennsylvania state titles in the jumps and hurdles and won a bronze medal at the United States Junior Championships. She initially started out in the 100 meter hurdles and reached the event final at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics. Burrell gradually began to focus more on the long jump and it was in this event that she made her first senior international appearance, taking fifth place in the final at the 1995 Pan American Games. She represented the University of Houston at the NCAA Track and Field Championships from 1993 to 1995 and was graduated the following year.

In 1997 she won the long jump title at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, and repeated the feat the following year with a personal best jump of 6.92 meters. That year she also set an outdoor best of 6.90 m and took the bronze at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She came fourth at the 1998 Goodwill Games (two centimeters off third-placed Niki Xanthou) and competed at the 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final, where she finished eighth.