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Gilreath, Erin
- Qualified for the 2004 Olympic Team by winning the Olympic Trials hammer throw competition
- American record holder in women's hammer
- Holds world best in women's 20lb weight throw
- Qualified for the 2004 Olympic Team in just three short years since picking up a hammer for the first time in her life
- Set a U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials record (231.0, eclipsing Dawn Ellerbe's 227-0) to win the hammer throw
- The 2003 NCAA Indoor champion in the 20lb. weight throw, Gilreath started a 2004 record setting binge by posting a world best in that event on January 25 at the SEC Track Invitational in Gainesville, Fla., near her residence in Williston, Fla.
- Her winning mark of 23.95 meters/78 feet, 7 inches, easily bettered the previous record of 23.86m/78-3.50 set in March 2000 by Dawn Ellerbe
- She firmly established herself as an Olympic Team favorite on April 10, when she tossed the hammer 72.12m/236-7 at the Sun Angel Classic in Tempe, Ariz., winning the event by almost 25 feet over her nearest challenger
- Established a new American record by bettering the previous standard of 72.01m/236-3 set by Anna Mahon in 2002
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Height: 5’ 9
Born: 11-Aug-80
Hometown: Gainesville, Fla.
Resides: Williston, Fla.
Sport: Track and Field
Event: Hammer Throw
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