Becky Breisch

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Becky Breisch (born March 16, 1983) is an American

World Championships in Athletics
from 2005 to 2009. Her personal best throw of 67.37 meters for the discus makes her the sixth best American of all-time in the event.

A two-time

NCAA titles in the discus and shot put while at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln
.

Career

Early life and college

Born in

sophomore year at Nebraska she won both the indoor and outdoor Big 12 shot put titles, the Big 12 discus title, and then went on to claim her first outdoor NCAA title in the shot put.[2]

The 2004 season brought her further success: she won both the shot put and

college athletics season in her last year at Nebraska. In her time at Nebraska she earned NCAA All-American honours on eight occasions.[2]

Professional

She threw a personal best in the discus in Lincoln, Nebraska in May 2005, launching the implement 63.53 meters (208 ft 5 in). That throw ranked her as the second best American thrower of the season behind Aretha Thurmond. She won the discus at the Drake Relays and then took her first national discus title at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, earning herself a place for the world championships.[1] At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics her best throw of 57.16 m in the qualifiers was not enough to progress to the final.[3]

She set a personal record throw of 67.37 m (221 ft 0 in) in

Reebok Grand Prix and was runner-up at the USA Outdoor Nationals. On her second global appearance at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka she was again knocked out in the qualifying round.[1] As one of the best performers on the circuit, she was invited to the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final, where she finished in fourth place.[3]

A fourth-place finish at the 2008 Olympic Trials meant she again narrowly missed out on an opportunity to perform on the Olympic stage. At the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final, she managed only seventh position. She fared better at the 2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, where her throw of 62.08 m (203 ft 8 in) brought her the bronze medal and another place on the American world team. For a third consecutive time, she was knocked out in the qualifying round, taking eleventh place in the group stage of the 2009 World Championships.[1][3]

Breisch claimed her second national title in the discus at the

Yarelis Barrios) and she finished fifth with a best mark of 60.70 m (199 ft 2 in).[3]

Major competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  United States
2004
NACAC U-23 Championships
 Sherbrooke, Canada 1st Discus 53.26 m
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 10th (qualifying) Discus throw 57.16 m
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 11th (qualifying) Discus throw 58.42 m
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 4th Discus throw 60.26 m
2008 World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 7th Discus throw 53.92 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 11th (qualifying) Discus throw 58.50 m
2010 Continental Cup
Split
, Croatia 		5th Discus throw 60.70 m

References

  1. ^
    USATF
    . Retrieved on 2011-02-13.
  2. ^ a b Becky Breisch. Cornhuskers. Retrieved on 2011-02-13.
  3. ^
    IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2011-02-13.
  4. IAAF
    (2010-10-21). Retrieved on 2011-02-13.
  5. ^ Athletics News - 18.04. Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. OELV (2007-04-18). Retrieved on 2011-02-13.
  6. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2011-01-27.

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