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Debra Sapenter

Personal information

Full name

Debra Elaine Sapenter

Born

February 27, 1952 (age 72)
Prairie View, Texas, U.S.

Medal record

Women's athletics

Representing United States
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	4 × 400 meters

Debra Elaine Sapenter (born February 27, 1952), is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meters. She was born in Prairie View, Texas. In 1975 she was rated as the number one 400 meter women's sprinter in the United States.^[1] She competed for United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics, held in Montreal, in the 4 × 400 metres relay where she won the silver medal with her teammates Sheila Ingram, Pamela Jiles and Rosalyn Bryant.

After her running career Sapenter found a career in Information Technology holding Corporate Information Officer positions at Genuity, Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare / Harvard Vanguard, and Zürich Financial Group. In 1995 she was inducted into the Southwestern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame as Debra Sapenter-Speight.^[2]

References

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External links

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Debra Sapenter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2015-09-30.

v t e US National Championship winners in women's 400-meter dash
1958–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1958: Chris McKenzie 1959: Kim Polson 1960: Irene Robertson 1961: Jackie Peterson 1962–3: Suzanne Knott 1964: Janell Smith 1965: Janell Smith 1966–7: Charlette Cooke 1968: Jarvis Scott 1969: Kathy Hammond 1970: Mavis Laing 1971: Mable Fergerson 1972: Kathy Hammond 1973: Mable Fergerson 1974–5: Debra Sapenter 1976: Lorna Forde (BAR) * Sheila Ingram 1977: Sharon Dabney 1978: Lorna Forde (BAR) * Patricia Jackson 1979: Patricia Jackson
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Sherri Howard 1981–3: Denean Howard 1984: Valerie Brisco 1985: Lillie Leatherwood 1986: Diane Dixon 1987–8: Lillie Leatherwood 1989: Rochelle Stevens 1990: Maicel Malone 1991: Lillie Leatherwood 1992: Rochelle Stevens
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Jearl Miles 1994: Natasha Kaiser-Brown 1995: Jearl Miles 1996: Maicel Malone 1997: Jearl Miles Clark 1998: Kim Graham 1999: Maicel Malone 2000–1: LaTasha Colander-Richardson 2002: Jearl Miles Clark 2003: Sanya Richards 2004: Monique Hennagan 2005–6: Sanya Richards 2007: DeeDee Trotter 2008–9: Sanya Richards 2010: Debbie Dunn 2011: Allyson Felix 2012: Sanya Richards-Ross 2013: Natasha Hastings 2014: Francena McCorory 2015–6: Allyson Felix 2017: Quanera Hayes 2018–9: Shakima Wimbley 2021^{2020 OT}: Quanera Hayes
Notes	OT: Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Distance:The event was over 440 yards until 1932, 1955, 1957–8, 1961–3, 1965–6, 1969–70 and 1973–4

v t e 1976 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1976 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Garry Bjorklund Benny Brown (r) Doug Brown Dick Buerkle Matt Centrowitz Willie Davenport Mike Durkin Mark Enyeart Dwayne Evans Charles Foster Herman Frazier Paul Geis Harvey Glance Millard Hampton Johnny "Lam" Jones Don Kardong Ron Laird Mark Lutz Duncan MacDonald Henry Marsh Ed Mendoza Edwin Moses Fred Newhouse James Owens Maxie Parks Steve Riddick James Robinson Mike Roche Bill Rodgers Todd Scully Mike Shine Frank Shorter Craig Virgin Larry Walker Quentin Wheeler Rick Wohlhuter
Men's field athletes	James Barrineau Earl Bell James Butts Sam Colson Fred Dixon Rayfield Dupree Al Feuerbach Richard George Anthony Hall Larry Hart Tommy Haynes Bill Jankunis Bruce Jenner Larry Myricks Terry Porter John Powell Dave Roberts Arnie Robinson Fred Samara Pete Shmock Jay Silvester Dwight Stones Mac Wilkins Randy Williams George Woods
Women's track athletes	Debra Armstrong Evelyn Ashford Rhonda Brady Rosalyn Bryant Chandra Cheeseborough Pat Donnelly Sheila Ingram Madeline Manning Jackson Pam Jiles (r) Wendy Knudson Francie Larrieu Jan Merrill Brenda Morehead Deby LaPlante Cyndy Poor Debra Sapenter Martha Watson (r) Kathy Weston
Women's field athletes	Sherry Calvert Gale Fitzgerald Jane Frederick Paula Girven Joni Huntley Marilyn King Kathy McMillan Kate Schmidt Maren Seidler Karin Smith Pam Spencer Sherron Walker Martha Watson Lynne Winbigler
Coaches	LeRoy Walker (men's head coach) Sam Bell (men's assistant coach) Lee Calhoun (men's assistant coach) Jimmy Carnes (men's assistant coach) Stan Huntsman (men's assistant coach) Berny Wagner (men's assistant coach) Alex Ferenczy (women's head coach) C. Harmon Brown (women's assistant coach) Jack Griffin (women's assistant coach) Brooks Johnson (women's assistant coach)

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