Stephanie Brown Trafton

Stephanie Brown Trafton

Brown Trafton competing in the 2010 Diamond League
Personal information
Nationality	United States[1]
Born	(1979-12-01) December 1, 1979 (age 44) San Luis Obispo, California
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2]
Weight	210 lb (95 kg)[2]
Sport
Sport	Track and field
College team	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Club	Nike
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  United States Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Discus throw

Stephanie Brown Trafton (born December 1, 1979) is an American track and field athlete who won the discus throwing gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She is thus one of only three American women to have ever won the event.

She was a somewhat unusual athlete in that she had become a two-time Olympian before she had competed at a World Championships in Athletics.^[3][4] Her first World Championships in 2009 ended with a sub-par performance in the discus final, but in 2011, she placed sixth. In 2012, she secured her third trip to the Olympics, after a definitive performance at that year's American Olympic trials. Still, the best-performing American of 2012 finished off the medals podium in London in seventh place.