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Gwen Berry

Gwen Berry
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1989-06-29) June 29, 1989 (age 27)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Residence Carbondale, Illinois
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Hammer throw
College team Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Club NYAC & NIKE
Turned pro 2011

Gwendolyn Denise "Gwen" Berry (born June 29, 1989) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the hammer throw. She is the American record holder in the hammer with her mark of 76.31 m (250 ft 414 in) set in May 2016. She also ranks third on the all-time lists for the weight throw with 24.70 m (81 ft 014 in). She is a three-time national champion in the weight throw at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. She was the gold medallist in the hammer at the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival.

Born to Michael Berry and Laura Hayes, she grew up in Florissant, Missouri and attended McCluer High School. While there she was a basketball player but started taking part in track in the off-season and competed in the triple jump. She began studying for a degree in psychology and criminal justice at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2007. She took up throwing events for the Southern Illinois Salukis collegiate team and came fourth in the hammer throw at the 2008 USA Junior Championships.

Her throwing improved the following year and she was the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) champion in the weight throw and shot put and reached eleventh in the former event at the NCAA Indoor Championships. In 2010 she earned NCAA All-American honours in the weight throw and shot put indoors and the hammer throw outdoors (taking fourth at the 2010 NCAA Outdoors). That season she set bests of 16.30 m (53 ft 512 in) for the shot put, 20.48 m (67 ft 214 in) for the weight throw and 62.55 m (205 ft 212 in) for the hammer throw.


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