Stats
Name: Michelle Carter
DOB: 12 October 1985
Born in: San Jose, California
Raised in: Ovilla, Texas
Height / Weight: 5’9 / 260 lbs
Event: Shot Put
Coach: Michael "Coach Daddy" Carter
Sponsor / Club: Nike / New York Athletic Club
College: The University of Texas (Austin, Texas) Class of 2007
Degree: B.A. in Youth and Community Studies with a Minor in Kinesiology
High School: Red Oak High School (Red Oak, Texas) Class of 2003
Summer Track Teams: DeSoto Road Runners and Texas Throwbacks
Favorite Ice cream: Homemade Vanilla by Blue Bell
Favorite Color / Food: Purple / Mexican
Throwing since: 1997
Number of National Teams: 15
Achievements
OLYMPIC GAMES
Gold - Olympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 2016
4th - Olympic Games (London, U.K) 2012
13th - Olympic Games (Beijing, China) 2008
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Bronze- World Championships (London, England) 2017
Gold - World Indoor Championships (Portland, Oregon) 2016
Gold - World Championships (??, Poland) 2015
Bronze - World Indoor Championships ( ) 2015
Bronze - World Indoor Championships (Instanbul, Turke) 2012
Gold - World Junior Champion ( ) 2004
Gold - Pan American Juniors ( ) 2003
2009 World Championships (6th)
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
2001 World Youth Championships (2nd)
2003 Junior Pan American Games (1st)
2004 World Junior Championships (1st)
2008 Olympic Games Beijing (15th)
2009 World Championships (6th)
2010 Indoor World Championships (12th)
2011 World Championships (9th)
Pan American Games (3rd)
2013 World Outdoors (4th)
2014 Indoor World Championship (5th)
Continental Cup (2nd)
2015 World Chammpionship Bronze Medalist (3rd)