Michelle Carter
Event: Shot Put
Height: 5-9
Weight: 210
PR: 18.85m/61-10.25 (2008)
Born: October 12, 1985 in San Jose, Calif
Current Residence: Ovilla, TX
High School: Red Oak High School '03
College: Texas '07
Coach: Dave Wollman
Agent: self
Club: unattached

Career Highlights: 2008 Olympic Trials champion; 2006 NCAA Indoor champion; 2005 USA Outdoor runner-up; 2005 NCAA Indoor & Outdoor Runner-up; 2004 World Junior Champion; Two-time USA Junior Champion (03, 04); 2003 Pan American Juniors gold medalist; 2001 World Youth silver medalist in SP

Carter made her first Olympic Team as an elite athlete, winning the women's shot put with a personal-best and U.S.-leading mark of 18.85m/61-10.25 at the 2008 Olympic Trials. In becoming an Olympian, she follows in the footsteps of her father, 1984 Olympic shot put silver medalist and boys' high school record holder Michael Carter…Carter collected her first NCAA shot put title at the 2006 NCAA Indoor Champs, winning the event with a then personal-best toss and UT record of 18.56m/60-10.75….was Texas’ first NCAA indoor shot put champion since 1994, when former Longhorn great Eileen Vanisi captured the title...Carter set a huge personal best of 18.26m/59-11 to take silver at the 2005 USA Outdoors... also won silver at the 2005 NCAA Indoors & Outdoors... she won the first ever gold medal in the woman’s shot put for Team USA at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto, Italy, with a PR 17.55m/57-7…national prep record-holder in the shot put at 16.73m/54-10.75, while her father, Michael, set the still-standing national boys prep record of 81-3.5 in 1979... four-time Texas 4A state champion in the shot put, also set state record in the discus... named Gatorade Girls High School Track and Field Athlete of the Year in the state of Texas in 2003…won silver at 2001 World Youth in shot put, throwing 15.23m/49-11.75... Full name is Michelle Denee' Carter daughter of Michael, Sr. and Sandra Carter, father Michael was a standout football player and shot putter at SMU who played many years for the San Francisco '49ers, he also holds the men's national high school record for the shot put with a mark of 81-3 1/2, which he set in 1979…has one sister, D'Andra, who is a thrower at Texas Tech, and one brother, Michael, Jr…majored in liberal arts.

2008: 15th at Olympic Games (17.74m/58-2.5)...6th in qualifying (18.49m/60-8)...Olympic Trials champion (18.85m/61-10.25)…1st at Triton (17.99m/59-0.25)…1st at Provo (18.71m/61-4.75)
2007: 5th at USA Outdoors (17.57m/57-7.75)…5th at NCAA Outdoors (17.23m/56-6.5)…ranked #6 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 17.57m/57-7.75.
2006: 3rd at NCAA Outdoors (17.91m/58-9.25)...Big 12 Outdoor champion (17.98m/59-0)...NCAA Indoor champion (18.56m/60-10.75)...2nd at Big 12 Indoor champs (17.30m/56-9.25)...ranked #5 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 17.89m/59-0.
2005: USA Outdoor Championships runner-up (18.26m/59-11)...2nd at NCAA Outdoor Champs (17.06m/55-11.25)...2nd at NCAA Indoor Champs (17.86m/58-7)...ranked #2 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 18.26m/59-11.
2004: 2004 World Junior gold medalist (17.55m/57-7)2004 USA Junior champion (16.33m/53-7).
2003: 1st in Texas 4A state meet, setting the U.S. high school record (16.73m/54-10.75)... 1st at USA Juniors (16.05m/52-8)... 1st at Pan Am Juniors (16.23m/53-3).
2002: 1st in Texas 4A state meet (16.25m/53-3.75)... 3rd at USA Juniors (16.24m/53-3.5)... 1st at USA Junior Olympics (15.59m/51-1.75). 2001: 2nd in SP at World Youth (15.23m/49-11.75)... 1st in Texas 4A state meet (15.14m/49-8.25).
2000: 1st in Texas 4A state meet (14.76m/48-5.25)