Deedee Trotter
Event: 400m
Height: 5-10
Weight: 144
PR: 400m - 49.64 (2007); 200m - 23.19 (2004); 100m -11.65 (2002)
Current Residence: Knoxville, Tenn.
High School: Cedar Grove (Ga.) HS, ‘01
College: University of Tennessee ‘05
Coach: Caryl Smith
Agent: Mark Wetmore
Club: adidas
Career Highlights: 2004 Olympic 4x400m gold medalist; 2-time World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist ('03, '07); 2007 USA Outdoor champion; 2-time USA Outdoor runner-up ('05, '06); 2-time USA Indoor champion ('05, '07); 2004 NCAA Outdoor champion; 2004 NCAA Outdoor 400m champion; 2003 NCAA runner-up; 2003 Pan Am and World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist
Trotter took the lead on the final curve and powered to a personal-best and world-leading time of 49.64 for her first national title at the 2007 USA Outdoor Championships...Trotter has parlayed a standout high school career running the 100 and 200m into an immensely successful career at 400 meters...Trotter, in 2005, won her first USA title in the 400 with a dominant performance of 52.01 to post the fastest time at the USA Indoor Championships since Jearl Miles-Clark ran 51.97 to win in 1999...won the 2004 NCAA title after placing second to fellow Olympic teammate Sanya Richards in the 400m at the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Trotter went on to place 5th at the Olympic Games and ran 1st leg on the gold medal-winning 4x400m relay...it was her second U.S. national team berth, having competed in the 400m at 2003 World Outdoors, where she ran in the semifinals for the gold ...did not run in the finals but earned a gold medal for her services...anchored U.S. 4x400m relay team to gold at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, two weeks earlier, helping Americans win first gold in that event at Pan Am Games since 1991...attended two high schools: Cross Keys High School and Cedar Grove and was a four-time letterwinner in track and field and basketball...was the Georgia AAAA state title holder in the 200m (24.19), as well as the indoor title holder, setting the state record (24.83)...had the fifth-best all-time 200m time in Georgia high school history, while her 100m clocking was 10th...a member of state championship 4x400m relay team, whose 3:50.19 reading was seventh best all-time in Georgia...personal high school records include 23.9 outdoors and 24.83 indoors in the 200m, and 11.7 in the 100m...gave up her final year of eligibility at Tennessee to compete professionally after the 2004 season.
Competition Results:
2007: World Outdoors 4x400m gold medalist (3:18.55), 5th in 400m (50.17)...USA Outdoor champion (49.64PR)...USA Indoor champion (51.95)...2nd at adidas Track Classic (51.13)...4th at Reebok Grand Prix (51.40)...1st at Kingston (50.57)...3rd at Lausanne (51.48)...5th at Rome (51.05)...6th at Paris (51.12)...ranked #7 in the world (#3 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 49.64.
2006: USA Outdoor runner-up (50.40)...1st at adidas Classic (51.19)...2nd at Reebok Grand Prix (23.04)...4th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (51.86)...8th at Paris (51.50)...4th at World Athletics Final (50.58)...2nd at Shanghai GP (49.80)...ranked #6 in the world (#2 U.S.) at 400m by T&FN...best of 49.80.
2005: USA Outdoor runner-up (49.88)...5th at World Outdoors (51.14)...2nd at Reebok Grand Prix (51.00)...5th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (51.42)...5th at adidas Track Classic (51.96)...1st at Helsinki GP (50.39)...4th at Zurich (50.43)...3rd at World Athletics Final (50.64)...2nd at Shanghai (50.90)...1st at Yokohama (50.03)...USA Indoor champion (52.01)...ranked #4 in the world (#2 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 49.88.
2004: Olympic 4x400m relay gold medalist (lead leg - 3:19.01)...NCAA Outdoor champion (50.32)...5th at Olympic Games (50.00 PR)...3rd at Olympic Trials 400m (50.28)...3rd at Zurich (50.23)...4th at Brussels (50.22)...SEC Outdoor Championships runner-up (50.69)...3rd at NCAA Indoors (51.29i)...4th in 4x400m at NCAA Indoors (3:31.49 - lead off)...4th in 400m (51.64i) & 4th in 200m (23.21i) at SEC Indoor Championships...1st in 200m at Penn State (23.19i)...ranked #4 in the world (#2 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 50.00.