Deborah Anne "Debbie" Sosimenko (born 5 April 1974 in Sydney) is a retired female hammer thrower from Australia, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. She won a total number of eight national titles during the 1990s and early 2000s.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing Australia | ||||
1997 | Universiade | Catania, Italy | 3rd | 65.02 m |
1998 | Goodwill Games | Uniondale, United States | 4th | 65.82 m |
Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 1st | 66.56 m | |
1999 | Universiade | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 5th | 62.88 m |
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 5th | 65.52 m | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 5th | 67.95 m |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 44th (q) | 57.79 m |
Deborah Elizabeth Meyer, also known by her married name Deborah Weber, is an American former competition swimmer, a three-time Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder in four events. Meyer won the 200-, 400-, and 800-meter freestyle swimming races in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. While she was still a 16-year-old student at Rio Americano High School in Sacramento, California, she became the first swimmer to win three individual gold medals in one Olympics, winning the 200-, 400-, and 800-meter freestyle swimming races. Katie Ledecky is the only other female swimmer to have done the same, in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
Debra ("Debbie") Lee Flintoff-King, (OAM) is a retired Australian athlete, and winner of the women's 400 m hurdles event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Deborah Kathleen Watson is an Australian former water polo player. She is one of the greatest female water polo players to ever play the game. She won gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 1986 World Aquatics Championships in Madrid.
Deborah Knox MBE is a British curler from Lochgelly, Scotland. She is best known for being part of the British curling team that won gold in the 2002 winter Olympics.
Deborah Lynne Fuller is a former competition diver who represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. She won a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in and two gold medals at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.
Deborah "Debbie" Van Kiekebelt is a Canadian athlete and sports broadcaster. She was a gold medallist in the pentathlon at the 1971 Pan American Games, and was named that year's Canadian Woman Athlete of the year. Later, she became Canada's first female sports broadcaster.
Deborah C. "Deby" LaPlante is a retired female track and field athlete from the United States, who competed in the hurdles event. She twice won a medal at the Pan American Games during her career. LaPlante set her personal best in the women's 100m hurdles event on June 16, 1979, clocking 12.86 in Walnut, California.
Deborah Jane Marti is a former high jumper from England, who was born in Switzerland. She represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996, finishing ninth in the 1992 final. She set her outdoor personal best of 1.94 metres, on 9 June 1996 at a meet in Tallinn. On 23 February 1997 in Birmingham, she cleared 1.95 metres to set a British indoor record, which stood for 17 years (1997–2014). She also won bronze medals at the 1983 European Junior Championships and the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
Deborah Ann Bowman-Sullivan in Southport, Queensland) is an Australian former field hockey defender, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Deborah "Debbi" A. Lawrence is a retired female racewalker from the United States. She set her personal best in the women's 10 km race walk event (45:03) at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Göteborg, Sweden.
Debbie Tanner is a triathlete from New Zealand, who placed fourth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Deborah "Debbie" Capozzi is an American sailor who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics with Sally Barkow and Carrie Howe in the Yngling, coming 7th overall. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Elliott 6m class with Anna Tunnicliffe and Molly O'Bryan Vandemoer they came 5th overall.
Deborah Dawn "Debbie" Scott-Bowker is a Canadian former middle- and long-distance runner. A three-time Olympian for Canada, she reached the 1500 m final in 1984, and both the 1500 m and 3000 m finals in 1988. She was also a three-time World Championship finalist, reaching the 1500 m and 3000 m finals in 1987, and the 1500 m final in 1991.
Deborah Jevans CBE is a British former tennis player and current sports executive.
Deborah Anne "Debbie" Georgiou is a retired British individual rhythmic gymnast. She won two bronze medals representing England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games.
Deborah "Debbie" Hill is a British former swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1976 Summer Olympics. At the 1980 Summer Olympics she represented Zimbabwe in the women's 3 metre springboard.
Debbie Thompson was an American sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Deborah Ellen Huband is a Canadian basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Deborah Wilson is an American diver. Wilson originally competed in springboard diving before moving on to platform diving. As a platform diver, she was first at the 1973 Amateur Athletic Union national diving championships. She participated in the 1973 World Aquatics Championships and 1975 World Aquatics Championships but did not medal in either championship. In international competitions, Wilson won a bronze medal in the women's 10 metre platform event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Deborah "Debbie" Jones-Walker is a Canadian former curler.