American sprinter
Terri Dendy (born May 8, 1965) is a former American track and field athlete from Wilmington, Delaware . Dendy was ranked among the top ten women in the U.S. for the 400 meters event from 1986 through 1989 and again in 1993.[ 1] She was an alternate on the U.S. 4 x 400 meters relay team at the 1988 Summer Olympics .[ 2]
Dendy graduated from Concord High School , where she set a state record in the 400 meters. She continued her career at George Mason University , where she set school records indoors at 300 meters (38.77), 400 meters (52.57), 500 meters (1:11.45) and outdoors 400 meters (51.45).[ 3] Dendy was a semi-finalist in the 200 meters event at the 1989 World Indoor Championships , running 23.75 seconds.[ 4]
In 1993, at the World Indoor Championships in Toronto , Dendy won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay. Outdoors, she also won a silver medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart , where she ran in the heats of the 4 × 400 m relay but not the final.[ 5]
Dendy was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.[ 6]
Her sister Dionne Jones-Dendy was also a track and field athlete, and her nephew Marquis Dendy is an American champion in the long jump. She now works as the athletic director at Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, Maryland.[ 7]
1983 : Kerstin Walther , Sabine Busch , Marita Koch , Dagmar Rübsam , Undine Bremer , Ellen Fiedler (GDR) 1987 : Dagmar Neubauer , Kirsten Emmelmann , Petra Müller , Sabine Busch , Cornelia Ullrich (GDR) 1991 : Tatyana Ledovskaya , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova , Olga Nazarova , Olha Bryzhina , Anna Chuprina (URS) 1993 : Gwen Torrence , Maicel Malone-Wallace , Natasha Kaiser , Jearl Miles , Terri Dendy , Michelle Collins (USA) 1995 : Kim Graham , Rochelle Stevens , Camara Jones , Jearl Miles , Nicole Green (USA) 1997 : Anke Feller , Uta Rohländer , Anja Rücker , Grit Breuer (GER) 1999 : Tatyana Chebykina , Svetlana Goncharenko , Olga Kotlyarova , Natalya Nazarova , Natalya Sharova , Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS) 2001 : Sandie Richards , Catherine Scott-Pomales , Debbie-Ann Parris , Lorraine Fenton , Michelle Burgher , Deon Hemmings (JAM) 2003 : Demetria Washington , Jearl Miles Clark , Me'Lisa Barber , Sanya Richards , DeeDee Trotter (USA) 2005 : Yuliya Pechonkina , Olesya Krasnomovets , Natalya Antyukh , Svetlana Pospelova , Tatyana Firova , Olesya Zykina (RUS) 2007 : DeeDee Trotter , Allyson Felix , Mary Wineberg , Sanya Richards , Monique Hennagan , Natasha Hastings (USA) 2009 : Debbie Dunn , Allyson Felix , Lashinda Demus , Sanya Richards , Natasha Hastings , Jessica Beard (USA) 2011 : Sanya Richards-Ross , Allyson Felix , Jessica Beard , Francena McCorory , Natasha Hastings , Keshia Baker (USA) 2013 : Jessica Beard , Natasha Hastings , Ashley Spencer , Francena McCorory , Joanna Atkins (USA) 2015 : Christine Day , Shericka Jackson , Stephenie Ann McPherson , Novlene Williams-Mills , Anastasia Le-Roy , Chrisann Gordon (JAM) 2017 : Quanera Hayes , Allyson Felix , Shakima Wimbley , Phyllis Francis , Kendall Ellis , Natasha Hastings (USA) 2019 : Phyllis Francis , Sydney McLaughlin , Dalilah Muhammad , Wadeline Jonathas , Jessica Beard , Allyson Felix , Kendall Ellis , Courtney Okolo (USA) 2022 : Talitha Diggs , Abby Steiner , Britton Wilson , Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone , Kaylin Whitney , Allyson Felix , Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA) 2023 : Eveline Saalberg , Lieke Klaver , Cathelijn Peeters , Femke Bol , Lisanne de Witte (NED)
1981 : Soviet Union (Ambrazienė , Baskakova , Alyoshina , Nazarova ) 1983 : Soviet Union (Krylova , Borisova , Didilenko , Pinigina ) 1985 : Soviet Union (Navickaitė , Zvyagintseva , Korban , Alekseyeva ) 1987 : United States (Fridy , Mitchell , Stevens , Howard ) 1989 : United States (Mondie , Kaiser , Miles , Dendy ) 1991 : United States (Demas , Downing , Teri Smith , Malone ) 1993 : United States (Irving , Malone , Warren , Collins ) 1995 : Russia (Sotnikova , Khrushcheleva , Andreyeva , Chebykina ) 1997 : Russia (Sharova , Goncharenko , Bakhvalova , Kotlyarova ) 1999 : United States (Brown-Moore , Nelson , Barber , Reid ) 2001 : United States (Barber , Carolyn Jackson , Washington , Barber ) 2003 : Russia (Kondratyeva , Firova , Lavshuk , Lisnichenko ) 2005 : Russia (Ovchinnikova , Migunova , Kostetskaya , Nazarova ) 2007 : Ukraine (Pyhyda , Yefremova , Zavhorodnya , Shcherbak ) 2009 : Canada (Muir , Nelson , Hyacinthe , Akinsulie ) 2011 : Russia (Karnaushchenko , Migunova , Ustalova , Topilskaya ) 2013 : Russia (Tamkova , Kotlyarova , Renzhina , Ustalova ) 2015 : Poland (Hołub , Szczęsna , Linkiewicz , Święty ) 2017 : Poland (Hołub , Baumgart , Wyciszkiewicz , Święty , Gaworska * , Dąbrowska *) 2019 : Ukraine (Mykolenko , Holienieva , Klymiuk , Melnyk ) 2021 : Poland (Bartnowska , Łozowska , Koczanowa , Formella , Wosztyl *, Granaszewska *)
1927–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1928 : Irene Moran 1929 : Catherine Donovan 1930 : Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL ) , Catherine Capp (2nd) 1931 : Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL ) , Catherine Capp (2nd) 1932 : Catherine Capp 1933 : Annette Rogers 1934 : Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL ) , Annette Rogers (2nd) 1935 : Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL ) , Mary Jane Santschi (2nd) 1936 : Annette Rogers 1937 : Helen Stephens 1941 : Jean Lane 1945 : Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL ) , Nell Jackson (2nd) 1946 : Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL ) , Juanita Watson (2nd) 1948 : Audrey Patterson 1949 : Mae Faggs 1950 : Mae Faggs 1951 : Mae Faggs 1952 : Mae Faggs 1953 : Janet Moreau 1954 : Mae Faggs 1955 : Alfrances Lyman 1956 : Mae Faggs 1957 : Lucinda Williams 1958 : Isabelle Daniels 1959 : Lucinda Williams 1960 : Wilma Rudolph 1961 : Vivian Brown 1962 : Vivian Brown 1963 : Marilyn White 1964 : Valerie Carter 1965 : Edith McGuire 1966 : Edith McGuire 1967 : Una Morris (JAM ) , Kathy Hammond (2nd) 1968 : Vilma Charlton (JAM ) , Nancy Beeson (2nd) 1969 : Barbara Ferrell 1970 : Diane Kummer 1971 : Esther Stroy 1972 : Esther Stroy 1973 : Rosalyn Bryant 1974 : Linda Cordy , Theresa Montgomery 1975 : Rosalyn Bryant 1976 : Pamela Jiles 1977 : Rosalyn Bryant 1978 : Freida Nichols (BAR ) , Theresa Montgomery (2nd) 1979 : Chandra Cheeseborough 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes * Distances have varied as follows: 220 yards (1928-32, 1945-46, 1949-64, 1966-68, 1970-86), 200 yards (1965), 240 yards (1967).