Gail Devers
American athletics competitor, sprinter, hurdler · United States · On the map · Athletes · Born 1966 · age 59
Yolanda Gail Devers is an American retired track and field sprinter who competed in the 60 metres, 60 m hurdles, 100 m and 100 m hurdles.
Gail Devers is read about 78 times a day, in 35 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 112 days, one point a day.
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, We try to do something different. We pick an auto-immune disorder and raise money for it. This time it was diabetes and we walked to raise money. Why?
I call them enhancement centres, We want to make a difference in people’s lives if we can. We are there to help people and families whose lives have been troubled.
But there's one thing I've learned during these challenging times - you can never give up or get down on yourself.
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One of the greatest and most decorated female sprinters of all time, she was the 1993, 1997 and 2004 world indoor champion in the 60 m, while in the 60 m hurdles, she was the 2003 world indoor champion and 2004 silver medalist. In the 100 m, she is the second woman in history to defend an Olympic 100 m title, winning gold at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. She was also the 1993 world champion in the event, becoming the first ever female sprinter to simultaneously hold the world and Olympic titles in the 100 m. In the 100 m hurdles, she was the 1993, 1995 and 1999 world champion, and the 1991 and 2001 world silver medalist. In 2011, she was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.
