
Name: Carmelita JeterSport: Track & Field
Height: 5’4”
Weight: 135
Current Residence: Gardena, Calif.
College: Cal State Dominguez
- 2012 Olympic Games, silver medal in the 100m, bronze in the 200m, gold in the 4x100m relay
- Two-time USA Outdoor 100m champion in 2011 and 2009
- 2010 USA Indoor 60m champion
- 2011 World Outdoor International Championship, 100m champion, 200m silver medalist, 4x100m gold medalist
Fun Facts: Jeter is the first-ever U.S. Olympic Team Trials qualifier and Olympian to come from Cal State Dominguez ... Her basketball coach encouraged her to try track & field ... Her brother, Eugene, played for the Sacramento Kings
Learn more:
USA Track & Field
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Team USA Weekend Preview: Aug. 9, 2013
Paul D. Bowker Aug. 09, 2013
Track & field's best begin competition at the world championships in Moscow
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Track & Field's All-Star World Team
Karen Rosen June 24, 2013
With both new and old faces on the team, find out who to watch for in Moscow
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Thanks, Mom
Brandon Penny May 12, 2013
Team USA's best and brightest pay tribute to their No. 1 supporters -- mom
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Gallery: Black And Gold At London 2012
United States Olympic Committee Jan. 21, 2013
What role did Martin Luther King, Jr. play for Team USA's black gold medalists?
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Gallery: Team For Tomorrow 2012
USOC Jan. 03, 2013
Olympians and Paralympians gave back through Team for Tomorrow in 2012
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Twelve Record-Breaking Performances Of 2012
Amy Rosewater Dec. 27, 2012
World records fell, swimming's phenoms, the world's greatest athlete and more
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All I Want For Christmas Is…
Lisa Costantini Dec. 20, 2012
How did Team USA answer this: "Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is..."
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Gallery: Twelve Fan Favorites From London
USOC Dec. 12, 2012
In honor of 12/12/12, look back at 12 photos picked by you, the fan
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On brink of giving season, Team USA athletes show support for local communities, Superstorm Sandy victims through Team for Tomorrow
USOC Nov. 21, 2012
Through Team for Tomorrow, USOC donates 5,000 fleece jackets to Goodwill
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Team For Tomorrow: Carmelita Jeter
Tim Haddock Nov. 20, 2012
"It’s not about where you start but where you finish," Jeter told hometown YMCA