LaVonne Idlette (born October 31, 1985, in Miami, United States) is an American hurdler competing internationally for the Dominican Republic. [1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres hurdles.
Her personal bests are 12.77 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (+1.8 m/s, Montverde 2013) and 8.16 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Sopot 2014). Both are current Dominican Republic records.
Idlette appeared on The Amazing Race 32 with Kellie Wells and placed tenth and being the second team eliminated. [2] [3]
Since 2023, Lavonne Idette has served as a Global Partner of the ACE Global Leaders of Excellence Network, [4] which is a diverse platform of ACE Health Foundation.
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
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Idlette is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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