Michelle Carter (athlete)

Michelle Carter

Carter at the 2012 World Indoor Championships in Istanbul
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1985-10-12) October 12, 1985 (age 31) San Jose, California, United States
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	260 lb (118 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot Put
College team	Texas Longhorns
Coached by	Michael Carter
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put World Championships 2015 Beijing Shot put World Indoor Championships 2016 Portland Shot put 2012 Istanbul Shot put Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Shot put

Michelle Denee Carter (born October 12, 1985) is an American shot putter, and the current Olympic women's champion. She is the current American record holder in the event with a distance of 20.63 m (67 ft 8 in) set at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Carter won the 2016 gold medal at the Rio Olympics on the last of her six throws, edging two-time defending champion Valerie Adams of New Zealand. In doing so, Carter became the first United States women's athlete to win the event since the women's competition began at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in London, England, and only the second American to win any medal (Earlene Brown, bronze medal, 1960).

She won the silver medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships and the gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships. She finished fifteenth at the 2008 Olympic Games and fifth at the 2012 Olympic Games.

In addition to winning the 2008 United States Olympic Team Trials, she was the 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 National Champion. While competing for the University of Texas, she won the Collegiate National Championship in 2006.