Gail Devers
Sign in to saveAmerican athletics competitor, sprinter, hurdler
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- Works
- 1
Top works
- Gail Devers My Life in Story
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Los Angeles
- Active from
- 2024-08
Discography
- Poison2024
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,810x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,223x
- A simplest systematics for the organization of turn-taking for conversation
· 1974 · cited 8,629x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,649x
- THE ROLE OF TUTORING IN PROBLEM SOLVING
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· 1976 · cited 5,274x
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Key facts
- Full name
- Yolanda Gail Devers
- Born
- November 19, 1966 ( 1966-11-19 ) (age 59) , Seattle, Washington , U.S.
- Height
- 5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
- Weight
- 121 lb (55 kg)
- Event s
- Hurdles, Sprints
- College team
- University of California, Los Angeles
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 55
- Image
- Devers2.jpg
- Height
- 160
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- date of birth
- 1966-00-00
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- Gail Devers
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Article
Yolanda Gail Devers (/ˈdiːvərz/ DEE-vərz; born November 19, 1966) is an American retired track and field sprinter who competed in the 60 metres, 60 m hurdles, 100 m and 100 m hurdles. One of the greatest and most decorated female sprinters of all time, she was the 1993, 1997 and 2004 world indoor champion in the 60 m, while in the 60 m hurdles, she was the 2003 world indoor champion and 2004 silver medalist. In the 100 m, she is the second woman in history to defend an Olympic 100 m title, winning gold at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. She was also the 1993 world champion in the event, becoming the first ever female sprinter to simultaneously hold the world and Olympic titles in the 100 m. In the 100 m hurdles, she was the 1993, 1995 and 1999 world champion, and the 1991 and 2001 world silver medalist. In 2011, she was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.
Life and career