Deena Kastor
Deena Kastor at the 2007 Boston Marathon
|
||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
February 14, 1973 Waltham, Massachusetts |
|||||||||
| Residence | Mammoth Lakes, California | |||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | |||||||||
| Weight | 104 lb (47 kg) | |||||||||
| Website | http://www.deenakastor.com | |||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||
| Country |
 United States
|
|||||||||
| Event(s) | Marathon, 10,000 m | |||||||||
| College team | Arkansas Razorbacks | |||||||||
| Club | ASICS Mammoth Track Club | |||||||||
| Coached by | Andrew Kastor | |||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||
| World finals | 2007 10000 m, 6th 2003 10000 m, 12th 2003 10000 m, 11th 1999 10000 m, 11th |
|||||||||
| Olympic finals | 2000 10000 m 2004 Marathon  Bronze2008 Marathon (DNF) |
|||||||||
| Personal best(s) |
3000 m: 8:42.59 |
|||||||||
|
Medal record
|
||||||||||
3000 m: 8:42.59
5000 m: 14:51.62
10000 m: 30:50.32
Half Marathon: 1:07:34 NR
Deena Michelle Kastor (born Deena Michelle Drossin on February 14, 1973) is an American long-distance runner. She holds American records in the marathon, half-marathon, and numerous road distances. She won the bronze medal in the women's marathon at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. She is also an eight-time national champion in cross country.
Kastor was born in Waltham, Massachusetts She is an alumna of Agoura High School located in Agoura Hills, California. She ran collegiately for the University of Arkansas.
She is married to Andrew Kastor. In August 2010, they announced that she was three months pregnant with their first child, Piper. As a result, she announced she would not compete in that year's New York City Marathon, held November 7. Her daughter was born in February 2011.
In high school, Kastor won three California state cross country titles and two CIF California State Meet titles at 3200 meters while running for Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, California. She also competed in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships all four years of her prep career, and competed in both the North American Youth Maccabi Games and the Pan-American Maccabiah while in high school.
...
Wikipedia