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Michelle Carter

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Michelle Denee Carter (born October 12, 1985) is an American retired track and field athlete who competed in shot put. She won a gold medal in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics, making her the first American woman to win Olympic gold in shot put and only the second to medal in the event. Carter is the former American record holder in the event with a distance of 20.63 m (67 ft 8 in) set at the 2016 Olympic Games. She was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Michelle Carter is the 4,398th most popular athlete (down from 4,217th in 2024), the 17,720th most popular biography from United States (down from 17,606th in 2019) and the 600th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Michelle Carter ranks 4,398 out of 6,025. Before her are Sarah Jones, Sean Olsson, Carlos Ramírez, Deepa Malik, Pedro García Aguado, and Kelly Holmes. After her are Danuta Kozák, Yuliya Gushchina, Daniel Ballart, Sherone Simpson, Eunice Jepkorir, and Marc Schneider.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Michelle Carter ranks 812. Before her are Arden Cho, Laura Sánchez, Artem Fedetskyi, Isaac Makwala, Ayahi Takagaki, and Anton Korobov. After her are Benjamin Karl, Ida Alstad, Renée Felice Smith, Mathilde Johansson, Branislau Samoilau, and Sebastian Langeveld.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michelle Carter ranks 17,727 out of 20,380. Before her are Pat Summitt (1952), Sarah Jones (null), Mark Sanford (1960), Michael DeLuise (1969), Keala Settle (1975), and Jackson Robert Scott (2008). After her are Jonathan Blow (1971), Marcus Hahnemann (1972), Linda Fratianne (1960), Kari Wahlgren (1977), Tom Emmer (1961), and Bradley Beal (1993).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Michelle Carter ranks 600. Before her are Mark Breland (1963), Anthuan Maybank (1969), Richard Stebbins (1945), Jearl Miles Clark (1966), Sarah Robles (1988), and Sarah Jones (null). After her are Marc Schneider (1973), Timothy Mack (1972), John Godina (1972), Stephanie Brown Trafton (1979), Kim Graham (1971), and Michelle Finn-Burrell (1965).

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