SHAYNE CULPEPPER

'Shayne Culpepper' née Wille (born December 3, 1973 in Atlanta USA) is a middle distance athlete.
She is married to long distance track and road running athlete Alan Culpepper.
In her early years Shayne competed for many years in gymnastics.
She graduated from University of Colorado, at Boulder with a degree in political science.
Although qualifying for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, due to Regina Jacobs falling ill, Shayne could not manage to progress through the qualifying rounds but since winning the 2004 5,000 m. Olympic trials she will be hoping for better at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
In 2003 she returned to athletics after having her first child, Cruz Samuel, and on February 16 won the national 4 kilometre cross-country championships.
In March 2004 Shayne qualified for the 3,000 m. at the World Indoor Championships, she earned the bronze medal, finishing the race in less than a second behind the winner Meseret Defar and silver medalist Berhane Adere.

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Major achievements

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Major achievements

★ 2003

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★ USA Cross Country Championships

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★ 4 km. champion

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★ USA Indoor Championships

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★ 3,000 m. silver medal

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★ 1,500 m. bronze medal

★ 2004

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★ World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary.

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★ 3,000 m. bronze medal

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★ USA Indoor Championships

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★ 3,000 m. gold medal

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★ USA Olympic Trials

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★ 5,000 m. champion

Video Links

★ Flotrack Videos of Shayne Culpepper

External links

★ Shayne Culpepper's U.S. Olympic Team bio

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