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Debbi Lawrence | |
Birth Name: | Deborah A. Spino |
Fullname: | Deborah A. Lawrence |
Nickname: | Debbi |
Birth Date: | 15 October 1961 |
Birth Place: | Columbus, Indiana |
Height: | 1.73m (05.68feet) |
Weight: | 59kg (130lb) |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Racewalking |
Spouse: | Don Lawrence[1] |
Updated: | 10 October 2014 |
Deborah "Debbi" A. Lawrence (née Spino, born October 15, 1961) is a retired female racewalker from the United States. She set her personal best in the women's 10 km race walk event (45:03) at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Göteborg, Sweden.
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1986 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Saint Léonard, Canada | 9th | 10 km | 49:05 | |
1987 | Rome, Italy | 20th | 10 km | 48:53 | ||
1988 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 3rd | 10 km | 46:44 | |
1991 | San Jose, California, United States | 15th | 10 km | 46:13 | ||
Havana, Cuba | 2nd | 10,000 m | 46:51.53 | |||
Tokyo, Japan | 19th | 10 km | 45:58 | |||
1992 | Barcelona, Spain | 26th | 10 km | 48:23 | ||
1993 | Stuttgart, Germany | 37th | 10 km | 48:53 | ||
1995 | Göteborg, Sweden | 37th | 10 km | 45:03 | ||
1996 | Atlanta, United States | 20th | 10 km | 45:32 | ||
1998 | Uniondale, New York, United States | 5th | 10,000 m | 47:36.97 | ||
2000 | Sydney, Australia | 44th | 20 km | 1:47:20 | ||
2001 | Edmonton, Canada | 19th | 20 km | 1:37:57 |
She is a vegetarian and affirms that her success as an athlete is due in a large part to a vegetarian diet.[2]