Michelle Perry (born 1 May 1979 in Granada Hills,
California) is an American athlete. At the 2004
Summer Olympics she placed 14th overall in the
heptathlon competition. Later, at the 2005 World
Championships in Athletics, she was awarded a gold
medal in the 100 m hurdles with a time of 12.66
seconds.
Then, at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics
in Osaka, Japan she successfully defended her title
with another 100 m hurdles gold medal performance;
winning in a time of 12.46 seconds. ( a result
surrounded by some debate since she ran on the next
lane (Susanna Kallur's lane) and made sure that the
Swede didn't even get a medal. But the Swedish
protest was filed too late, even though it was clear
and obvious in the TV pictures)
Her current personal record in the event is 12.43
seconds.
