Michelle Perry
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"Michelle Perry" is an United States/American athlete. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she placed 14th overall in the heptathlon competition. Later, at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, she was awarded a gold medal in the 100 m hurdles with a time of 12.66 seconds. Her current personal record in the event is 12.43 seconds.

Perry attended Quartz Hill High School in Lancaster, California and finished second in the 1997 CIF California State Meet in the Long jump.

At the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan/Osaka, Japan she successfully defended her title with another 100 m hurdles gold medal performance; winning in a time of 12.46 seconds. The result was surrounded by some debate since she ran on the next lane (Susanna Kallur's lane) and some think she made contact with the Swede over the last hurdle. Despite television evidence, there was no official decision as the Swedish protest was filed too late.

Perry missed out on a spot for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but made the team for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. However, she was unable to defend her title as she entered the competition with a knee injury and was eliminated in the first round. She missed the 2010 and 2011 seasons due to injury and pregnancy.

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He said, 'OK kid, time to make a decision,'.

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To me, I knew in my heart from Day 1 that I could do amazing things in hurdles, ... Nobody else believed that. I always believed that. Now I've got the opportunity to prove that to the world.

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It wasn't a shock to me, ... I know most people in the world are shocked. I know what I've been doing at practice and I wasn't able to spend that time on the hurdles. Once I stepped away from the heptathlon for a while, I was able to give 100-percent energy to the hurdles, and I knew that's what it would take to get to an elite level at that event.

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It's been a long season and its hard to get up for an event so late in the year.

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I think this was my year for things to really work out for me.

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I was like a little kid because I said, 'Oh my God it's Jackie Joyner-Kersee!' ... I had never seen her in person. I only saw her on TV. I was kind of star struck.

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I didn't know where I was in the race, ... but I could feel everybody behind me, that I had to charge home. I'm just happy that I finished clean and strong.

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I don't know. I think a lot of us are kind of happy she's not here!

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I could feel everybody, ... I knew I had to charge home. I'm happy that I just finished clean and strong. I enjoy the heptathlon. At first, it was an adjustment for me. I'm not completely developed in all the events. I believe I can do both.

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