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{{short description|American heptathlete}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[Heptathlon]]}}
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'''LeShundra "DeDee" Nathan''' (born April 20, 1968) is a retired [[heptathlete]] from the [[United States]], who won the gold medal at the [[1991 Pan American Games]] in [[Havana, Cuba]]. She is a two-time U.S. champion (2000 and 2001) and the 1999 World Indoor [[pentathlon]] gold medalist. She attended high school at [[South Side High School (Fort Wayne, Indiana)|South Side High School]] in Fort Wayne, Indiana and later on graduated from [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University.]]

She was the winner of the [[1999 Hypo-Meeting]], but placed only twelfth the following year.

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
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|1991
|[[1991 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] 
|[[Havana, Cuba]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games|Heptathlon]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1993
|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Toronto]], [[Canada]]
|8th
|Pentathlon
|-
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Stuttgart]], [[Germany]]
| 17th
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics - Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1995
|[[1995 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] 
|[[Mar del Plata]], [[Argentina]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|[[Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games|Heptathlon]]
|-
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
| 8th
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics - Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Paris]], [[France]]
| 7th
|Pentathlon
|-
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
| 7th
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics - Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]
|-
|1999
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Maebashi, Gunma|Maebashi]], [[Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Pentathlon
|-
|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
| 9th
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]
|-
|2001
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Edmonton]], [[Canada]]
| 7th
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics - Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]
|}

==Personal bests==
*200 metres - 24.11
*800 metres - 2:16.01
*100 metres hurdles - 13.10
*High jump - 1.81
*Long jump - 6.59
*Shot put - 16.06
*Javelin throw - 50.08
*Heptathlon - 6577

==External links==
* {{sports links}}

{{Footer Pan American Champions Heptathlon}}
{{Footer World Indoor Champions Pentathlon Women}}
{{Footer US NC Heptathlon Women}}
{{Footer USA Track & Field 2000 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American heptathletes]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
[[Category:Track and field athletes from Birmingham, Alabama]]
[[Category:Track and field athletes from Indiana]]
[[Category:African-American track and field athletes]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic track and field athletes for the United States]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States]]
[[Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships winners]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games]]
[[Category:Goodwill Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:21st-century African-American sportswomen]]
[[Category:21st-century American sportswomen]]
[[Category:20th-century African-American sportswomen]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportswomen]]
[[Category:Indiana Hoosiers women's track and field athletes]]


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