Debra Sapenter

Debra Sapenter

Personal information
Full name	Deborah Elaine Sapenter
Born	February 27, 1952 (1952-02-27) (age 74) Prairie View, Texas, U.S.
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	115 lb (52 kg)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  United States Olympic Games 1976 Montreal 4 × 400 meters Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City 400 meters 1975 Mexico City 4 x 400 meters

Deborah 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 CIO 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

1. "All-Time U.S. Rankings — Women's 400 Meters" (PDF). trackandfieldnews.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2007.
2. "Inductees into the SWAC Hall of Fame". swac.org. Archived from the original on March 3, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2007.

External links

• Deborah Sapenter at World Athletics
• Deborah Elaine Sapenter at Olympics.com
• Debra Sapenter at Olympedia
• Debra Sapenter at InterSportStats