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Sally Pearson

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Sally Pearson is a retired Australian athlete, born Sally McLellan on 19 September 1986, who competed in the 100 metre hurdles and holds the Medal of the Order of Australia. She won the world title in the event in 2011 and again in 2017, and she became Olympic champion in London in 2012. Earlier in her career she took the silver medal in the 100 metre hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and she won silver again at the 2013 World Championships. Her major results in the event therefore run from the 2008 Olympic Games to the 2017 World Championships.

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1986 1
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retired Australian athlete
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1. Sally Pearson (Wikipedia)
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    born 19 September 1986
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    retired Australian athlete
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    retired Australian athlete who competed in the 100 metre hurdles
  • Competed In: Olympic Games, Lead paragraph [competed-in]
    2012 Olympic champion
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