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Mary Decker

1958 - Today

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Mary Teresa Slaney (formerly Tabb, née Decker, born August 4, 1958) is an American retired middle-distance and long-distance runner. During her career, she won gold medals in the 1500 meters and 3000 meters at the 1983 World Championships and was the world-record holder in the mile, 5000 meters and 10,000 meters. In total, she set 17 official and unofficial world records, and she was the first woman to break 4:20 for the mile. She also set 36 U.S. national records at distances ranging from 800 meters to 10,000 meters, and has held the U.S. record in the 2000 meters and 3000 meters since the early 1980s, while her 1500 meters record stood for 32 years and her mile record stood for 38 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Decker is the 2,569th most popular athlete (down from 2,520th in 2024), the 13,419th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,214th in 2019) and the 450th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mary Decker ranks 2,569 out of 6,025. Before her are Nellie Halstead, Allen Johnson, Abel Kiviat, Ariel Hernández, Xu Haifeng, and Sigrun Wodars. After her are Ara Abrahamian, Yuriy Bilonoh, Eric Garcia, Ramona Neubert, Letitia Vriesde, and Marieke Vervoort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Mary Decker ranks 624. Before her are Vagif Sultanli, Ginka Zagorcheva, Gary Bailey, Ever Hernández, Bert Koenders, and Peter Eriksson. After her are Johanna Sinisalo, Dmitry Petrov, Ramona Neubert, Abu Hamza al-Masri, Ellen Sandweiss, and Virgil Donati.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Decker ranks 13,423 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert Bork (1927), Nicki Hunter (1979), Mark Salling (1982), Charlie Callas (1924), Mary-Kate Olsen (1986), and Buck Jones (1891). After her are DJ Shadow (1972), Marisa Miller (1978), Father John Misty (1981), Jsu Garcia (1963), Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (1969), and Joe Medicine Crow (1913).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Mary Decker ranks 450. Before her are Willye White (1939), Leroy Burrell (1967), James Hall (null), Clarence DeMar (1888), Allen Johnson (1971), and Abel Kiviat (1892). After her are Bernard Williams (1978), Sherri Howard (1962), Alonzo Babers (1961), Wayne Frye (1930), Andre Phillips (1959), and Jim Fuchs (1927).

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