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	Mary Decker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mary Slaney (born Mary Teresa Decker August 4, 1958) is an American Track and Field athlete, who holds seven American records in her sport.
		Decker's hip was injured and she was unable to resume the race.
		Decker later went on record as claiming that she was unfairly robbed of the LA 3000 meter Gold Medal by Budd, although many track experts doubt whether she would have beaten eventual winner Maricica Puica.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mary_Decker (753 words)

	Around the world - The Battalion - Aggielife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Decker was the single person from her group of 20 at the round table who was asked to stay and fill out an eight-page application that took four-and-a-half hours to complete.
		Decker said she was surprisingly happy with the way she was portrayed on the show because there is enough material to make everybody just who they want them to be.
		Decker is no longer dating the guy she was during filming and said she is not yet ready to settle down.
	www.thebatt.com /news/2003/10/02/Aggielife/Around.The.World-510991.shtml (1833 words)

	Mary Decker -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Mary Slaney (born Mary Teresa Decker August 4, 1958) is an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American (Participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it) Track and Field athlete, who holds seven American records in her sport.
		Decker was heavily favored to win a gold medal at the (Click link for more info and facts about 1984 Summer Olympics) 1984 Summer Olympics, held at (A city in southern California; motion picture capital of the world; most populous city of California and second largest in the United States) Los Angeles.
		In 2003, Slaney was inducted into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame, as well as being honored as one of the (The chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide) Rocky Mountains greatest athletes ever.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/mary_decker.htm (727 words)

	CNNSI.com - SI For Women - 100 Greatest Female Athletes - Monday November 29, 1999 02:30 PM
		Decker clearly showed the potential to be a champion, but her coaches were concerned that she pushed herself too hard.
		Decker's unwillingness to slow down resulted in a string of injuries, starting with the stress fractures in her lower legs which caused her to miss the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
		Though Decker Slaney took nearly three years off to heal various injuries, including stress fractures, by the time the Olympic Games came to her home country in 1996, her 5'6", 108-pound body was showing the effects of a life spent running.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /siforwomen/top_100/31 (657 words)

	Olympic History
		She was in the arms of Richard Slaney, her fiance and a British discus thrower, and he was carrying her into the white interview tent and up to the small stage, where he gently deposited her into a white folding chair behind a table with a microphone.
		Reaching out as she fell, Mary Decker grabbed the number 151 off Zola Budd's back and toppled to the grass with it in her right hand.
		As the other runners continued past her, Mary Decker remained on the grass between the track and the nearest long-jump runway.
	www.nytimes.com /specials/olympics/history/1984-decker-sot.html (858 words)

	Walton woman seeking home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Decker said she tried to refinance the property, but she ran into obstacles because she was self-employed and the property is a farm.
		Decker said she is relieved to have a solution for the cats, but she still hopes to find a way to keep her farm animals.
		Decker said she doesn't know anyone who would be willing to temporarily house and care for the animals until she can figure out a permanent solution.
	www.thedailystar.com /news/stories/2002/12/11/evitc.html (990 words)

	News-Star OnlineSports photo captures Olympic history 08/11/04
		Mary Decker, a world-class runner and an American sweetheart, was competing in the 3,000-meter race on the last day of the track-and-field events.
		No longer "Little Mary Decker," the pigtailed girl-wonder from New Jersey who'd set her first American record at age 14, she was now 26 and fresh from victories in 1,500- and 3,000-meter races at the World Championships in Helsinki the year before.
		The year after the Los Angeles incident, Mary Decker Slaney -- she married British discus thrower Richard Slaney in January 1985 -- defeated Budd in a heralded rematch in London, and she would defeat Budd in their two subsequent meetings.
	www.news-star.com /stories/081104/spo_23.shtml (753 words)

	Isaac Selleck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		David DECKER, a resident of Staten Island, left, on his death, in 1870, a will by which the most of his estate was equally divided among his fourteen children.
		Mary ANDERSON, another daughter, recently died, leaving a will by which her share of this property was divided among several legatees.
		Her brothers and sisters claimed that as Emily DEYO was still living and Ann St. had not been been widened, the death of Mary ANDERSON occurred prior to the termination of the life estate and therefore the bequests of his will were void.
	www.fhsu.edu /~phrp/Selleck/Isaac/Noah/Noah.html (2561 words)

	ESPN Classic - Budding Decker Blames Zola for collision
		Mary Decker's bid for Olympic gold in Los Angeles comes to a crashing halt.
		Reaching out as she falls, Decker tries to grab something -- all she gets is the number 151 off Budd's back.
		Publicly and angrily, Decker blames Budd for the collision, though not all track people believe it is Budd's fault.
	espn.go.com /classic/s/moment010810-decker-budd.html (196 words)

	Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: Decker's double victory at '83 Worlds named 12th top ...
		Decker won the race in 4 minutes, 00.90 seconds as the vanquished Zaytseva fell five meters from the finish before rolling across the line in 4:01.19.
		Decker grabbed the early lead in the 3,000 meters and held on throughout until two-time Olympic 1,500m champion Tatyana Kazankina of the Soviet Union briefly wrested the lead from her on the final straight.
		Decker responded by displaying a strong kick of her own in retaking the lead and winning the gold medal in 8:34.62.
	www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20040930_USATF_Top25.html (560 words)

	#37. Mary Decker
		Decker Slaney was inducted into the U.S. Track and Field Hall of Fame in December 2003.
		The only way we think Decker's curls could hit her eyes is if someone reached out and pulled them down.
		But you'd have to catch her first, then keep the curl down long enough for a photo -- and with her, both are quite unlikely.
	www.super-hair.net /decker2.html (317 words)

	Coyne/Strasser Connections - Person Page 1
		Birth: Mabel Elisabeth Decker* was born on 19 February 1882 in Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey.
		Mary was widowed in 1898; sometime between 1915 and 1920, the Andersons (Mary and her four unmarried children) moved from Manhattan to the Bronx.
		Birth: Mary* (Mamie) Anderson was born in July 1871 in New York, New York County, New York.
	home.nycap.rr.com /tcstrasser/p1.htm (12210 words)

	WILLIAM J. SR. DECKER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Decker, 72, of the 300 block of Duval St., a retired co-owner of Joe M. Decker Salvage Co., died Aug. 16, 1996, in a Norfolk hospital.
		Decker was a native and lifelong resident of Norfolk.
		Decker was a Marine veteran of World War II and was the band leader of the Marine Corp. Band in Hawaii.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960817/08170199.htm (235 words)

	CNN/SI - 1998 Sportsman of the Year - 1983: Mary Decker - Wednesday December 16, 1998 06:04 PM
		"Decker strode across the finish upright, opened her eyes and coasted to a stop, her expression blank.
		In 1983 Mary Decker won the 1500 and 3000 meter races at the inaugural World Track and Field Championships.
		Decker went undefeated in the 20 races she entered during the year.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /features/1998/sportsman/1983 (123 words)

	Harless Homepage - Person Page 130
		Mary Ellen Tatum was born in July 1894 at California.
		Mary Decker is the daughter of Jacob Dolan Decker Jr.
		Marie Therese Pritchard is the daughter of Jacob Leroy Pritchard MD and Isabel McGinnis.
	www.genealogy-quest.com /Harless-Homepage/tree/p130.htm (888 words)

	Mount Hermon
		Milton Brugler's wife, Mary Elizabeth Decker, was the daughter of Isaac Janson Decker and Mary Sutton.
		Mary C. Allen was the sister of Florence B. (Allen) Stinson (wife of Lewis T. Stinson).
		She and Mary were the daughters of Aaron and Rachel (Cook) Allen (who are also buried in the cemetery).
	www.charm.net /~edrtjd/readgen/mthermon.htm (1247 words)

	Encyclopedia: Mary Decker
		August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining.
		In 1983, Decker completed the "Decker Double", winning both the 1500 meter and 3000 meter events at the World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
		In the 3000 meters final, Zola Budd, running barefoot half a stride ahead of Decker, moved to the inside lane, Decker collided with Budd and fell spectacularly to the curb.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mary-Decker (1425 words)

	The New York Times: This Day In Sports
		The hero of the 73d annual Wanamaker Millrose Games was 21-year-old Mary Decker, who won the womenís 1,500-meter run by 80 yards, half a lap, in 4 minutes 0.8 seconds, a world indoor record.
		Miss Decker ran the first quartermile in 60.3 seconds, faster than the first quarter of the Wanamaker Mile for men.
		Mary Decker, 21, winning the 1,500 meters in world-record time at Madison Square Garden.
	www.nytimes.com /packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/02.08.html (518 words)

	Decker, Mary Meier (1837-1901) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Mary Decker, whose death was chronicled last week, occurred from the West Side church last Friday at one o'clock, Rev. Joseph Schmalz officiating.
		Decker was born in Germany in 1837, coming to this country with her parents when a small girl.
		She was married to Fredrick Decker in Sheboygan county and came to Clark county in the early 70s.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/wi/county/clark/obits/875.htm (196 words)

	USATF - Track & Field Hall of Fame - Mary Decker Slaney
		Decker Slaney also set the mile world record in 1980 (4:21.7) and 1985 (4:16.71).
		Over her career, Decker Slaney set 36 national records and 17 official and unofficial world records at various distances.
		Decker Slaney first received international fame at the age of 14 with a surprise victory in the 800 meters at a U.S. vs. USSR dual meet, and she went on to qualify for four Olympic Teams.
	www.usatf.org /athletes/hof/DeckerSlaney_Mary.asp (258 words)

	Ruminations by Mary Decker Staples - Page 1
		Mary earned a BA at the University of Michigan in 1972 and received her MBA from Eastern Michigan University in 1976.
		Her daughter, Kati, is in her first semester at St. Mary's University in San Antonio.
		Mary is a member of a gourmet group on the island, and enjoys cooking and is an avid reader of murder mysteries.
	www.techmankanata.com /edit_a1.html (351 words)

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		Mary began to lose her sight in her adult years, as the complications of her premature birth caught up with her.
		Decker even saved her life, when he pulled her into a ditch to avoid a jackknifing tractor trailer.
		When Mary and Decker were attacked three times by dogs in her neighborhood in Carson City, Nevada, she helped create and get passed a law that makes it a felony to allow a dog you own, harbor, or control to attack a service animal.
	www.guidedogsofamerica.org /partners_5.doc (3715 words)

	Garrigues Family Notes Pages 10 (www.garrigus-family.com)
		According to Mary Decker Gould's recollections in "Three Centuries In and Out of the Maine Woods" John Decker was in New England long before any major German immigration would start.
		Mary Decker Gould makes an interesting observation in her work when She states that John Decker Sr.
		One observation by Mary Gould was that Margaret was the only "witch" of Rowley, MA convicted and that She was the only person hanged instead of burned.
	www.garrigus-family.com /Ancestry/n_9.html (5392 words)

	Purdue alumni couple honored for establishing scholarships
		Ken Decker graduated from Purdue in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and received a law degree from George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. He is a patent attorney who does consulting work.
		In 2001 Ken and Kitty Decker, along with members of Kitty's family, established the Watts Family Scholarship in the College of Consumer and Family Sciences in honor of Kitty's parents, Stan and Laura Watts.
		The Deckers also have contributed to the Purdue Alumni Association, Purdue Musical Organizations, the Purdue Cancer Center, Purdue Convocations, the College of Agriculture, the School of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, the College of Education, and the School of Biomedical Engineering.
	news.uns.purdue.edu /html3month/2005/051010.Celebrate.Decker.html (731 words)

	Indelible Images - Fallen Star (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		When Mary Decker crashed to the ground at the Los Angeles Olympics 20 years ago this month, a young photographer was there to catch the anguish
		Mary Decker, a world-class runner and an American sweetheart in the tradition of Peggy Fleming and Chris Evert, was competing in the 3,000-meter race on the last day of the track-and-field events.
		The year after the Los Angeles incident, Mary Decker Slaney—she married British discus thrower Richard Slaney in January 1985—defeated Budd in a heralded rematch in London, and she would defeat Budd in their two subsequent meetings.
	www.smithsonianmag.si.edu /smithsonian/issues04/aug04/indelible.html (963 words)

	AIAON \| BBC ON THIS DAY \| 11 \| 1984: Zola Budd in race trip controversy
		During the race she appears to have tangled with top American runner Mary Decker, putting Decker out of the race.
		They show that shortly after the half-way mark, with Zola Budd slightly in front, she and Mary Decker bumped into each other twice.
		The issue of who was to blame for Mary Decker's fall is still the subject of heated debate.
	amiabstractornot.highlyillogical.org /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/11/newsid_3561000/3561846.stm (579 words)

	Teacher Education Council Minutes: 9 Sept 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Mary Hitchcock made a motion that the revised syllabus be approved; Walter Britt seconded the motion, and it carried unanimously.
		Decker, Mary Hitchcock, Cheryl Jackson, Katherine Weiner, and Chip Weiner will be going to Washington, D.C., next week for NCATE 2000 training.
		Decker also announced that Dr. Carol Stringer Cawyer, the new Director of Teacher Education Program Accreditation at the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation, will be on campus to speak to us in February.
	www.sosu.edu /facultysenate/committees/teachered/1999-2000/19990909.htm (1544 words)

	webGED: DECKER FAMILIES Data Page
		Mary and sister Ruth were killed by an automobile while walking along a highway near Millwood, PA. They lived in Seger, PA at the time.
		Born in Latrobe, PA, Mary was raised in the western Pennsylvania coal fields.
		She has been known to bake for days to provide cakes and cookies for showers, weddings, anniversaries, etc. The tragedy of her life was the loss of her son Terry on the eve of his high school graduation in an automobile accident.
	members.fortunecity.com /rmominee/wga6.html (1168 words)

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