Kelly Blair LaBounty

Kelly Blair LaBounty (born November 24, 1970) is a retired American track and field Olympic athlete.

Collegiate career Kelly Blair LaBounty attended the University of Oregon playing two sports, basketball and track and field. After two seasons she decided her basketball career would have to come to an end to focus on track. At Oregon she won a national title in the heptathlon in 1993.

Olympics Blair LaBounty placed sixth in the women's heptathlon in the 1996 Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia, and also qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics, but missed the games due to injury. She defeated Jackie Joyner-Kersee in the Olympic trials of 1996.

Personal bests Event Performance Location Date Points Heptathlon 6,465 points Indianapolis June 12, 1997 6,465 points 100 metres hurdles 13.46 New York City July 21, 1998 1,091 points High jump New Orleans June 19, 1998 1,033 points Shot put New York City July 21, 1998 776 points 200 metres 24.17 New Orleans June 19, 1998 1,020 points Long jump Indianapolis June 15, 1997 1,156 points Javelin throw Austin May 6, 2000 828 points 800 metres 2:13.66 Athens August 4, 1997 931 points Virtual Best Performance 6,835 points

Post-competitive career She now lives in Eugene, Oregon, with her two sons Jacob and Lucas and her husband, former National Football League defensive end Matt LaBounty. She was hired as an assistant coach at the University of Oregon in 2006,