Dawn Ellerbe

Dawn Ellerbe
Personal information
Born	(1974-04-03) April 3, 1974 Central Islip, New York, U.S.
Occupation	2000 Summer Olympic Games; female track and field athlete
Years active	1997–2003

Dawn Ellerbe (born April 3, 1974, in Central Islip, New York) is a former track and field athlete who specialized in the hammer throw.^[1] She is currently the assistant athletic director at California State University, East Bay.^[2]^[3] Ellerbe is a member of the University of South Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame and is on the Board of Directors for the United Way of the Midlands in Columbia, South Carolina.

Ellerbe was featured in the New York Times article, "Sports of The Times; At Sydney, the First Toss Goes to the Women" by George Vecsey.^[4] and by CNN Sports Illustrated, "Ellerbe leads U.S. in debut of hammer throw."^[5] Her interest in fashion was profiled in "My Way: Dawn Ellerbe" in skirt!Columbia.^[6]

During her time as a student athlete at the University of South Carolina, Ellerbe was a four-time NCAA champion, six-time All-American and five-time Southeastern Conference champion. After receiving her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of South Carolina in 1996, Ellerbe continued competition.

Ellerbe is a five-time USA Indoor champion (1996, 1998–2001) and six-time USA Outdoor champion in the hammer throw (1995–2001). Ellerbe also claimed the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.

Then representing the United States in the 2000 Summer Olympics, Ellerbe finished in 7th place in the women's hammer throw competition with a distance of 66.80 metres.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the United States
1997	Universiade	Catania, Italy	6th	61.52 m
1998	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	6th	62.78 m
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	4th	67.52 m
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	1st	65.36 m
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	10th	63.55 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	7th	66.80 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	13th (q)	64.34 m
2001	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	7th	61.51 m
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	5th	65.75 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	29th (q)	61.66 m

References

↑ Dawn Ellerbe profile at IAAF
↑ "Pioneer Points". 2009-09-17.
↑ "South Carolina’s Dawn Ellerbe Moves to Cal State East Bay". September 2009.
↑ Vecsey, George (2000-08-04). "Sports of The Times; At Sydney, the First Toss Goes to the Women". The New York Times.
↑ "Ellerbe leads U.S. in debut of hammer throw". CNN. 2000-08-19.
↑ "My Way: Dawn Ellerbe". 2008-08-25.

Pan American Champions in Women's Hammer Throw

1951–1995: Not held 1999: Dawn Ellerbe (USA) 2003 – 2011: Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 2015: Rosa Rodríguez (VEN)

US National Championship winners in women's hammer throw

1980-1992 The Athletics Congress	1990–1: Bonnie Edmondson^† 1992: Sonja Fitts

1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993–4: Sonja Fitts 1995–7: Dawn Ellerbe 1998: Windy Dean 1999: Dawn Ellerbe 2000–1: Dawn Ellerbe 2002–3: Anna Mahon 2004–5: Erin Gilreath 2006: Jessica Cosby 2007: Brittany Riley 2008–9: Jessica Cosby 2010: Amber Campbell 2011: Jessica Cosby 2012: Amber Campbell 2013–4: Amanda Bingson 2015: Amber Campbell

Notes	†: Held in 1990 and 1991 as non-championship event OT: Since 2000 the national championships incorporated the Olympic Trials

US National Indoor Championship winners in women's 20-lb weight throw

1989–90: Virginia Young 1991–5: Sonja Fitts 1996–2001: Dawn Ellerbe 2002–3: Anna Mahon 2004–6: Erin Gilreath 2007–12: Amber Campbell 2013–4: Gwen Berry 2015: Felisha Johnson

Notes	Events from 1989 to 1992 were conducted under The Athletics Congress. Events thereafter were conducted by USA Track & Field.

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