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Mary Teresa Slaney (formerly Tabb, née Decker, born August 4, 1958) is an American retired middle-distance and long-distance runner. During her career, she won gold medals in the 1500 meters and 3000 meters at the 1983 World Championships and was the world-record holder in the mile, 5000 meters and 10,000 meters.
A string of arthritis attacks no longer permits Mary (who now uses her married name, Slaney) to run, but she walks her dogs in the hilly woods near her home in Oregon; we met there in August...
Mary Decker-Slaney was an American icon. A precocious talent, her body paid for it, as she required nine plus surgeries during her career. Her finest days were during the IAAF World Championships in 1983, when she took on the Soviet bloc and won the 1,500m and 3,000m.
The only athlete ever to hold every American record from 800 meters to 10,000 meters, Mary Decker Slaney continues to own the U.S. women's records in the 1500 (3:57.12), mile (4:16.71) and 3000 (8:25.83).
Although she has never won an Olympic medal and her career has been plagued with medical problems, Mary Decker Slaney is recognized as one of the great female runners. Born in 1958 in New Jersey, Slaney moved with her family to Huntington Beach , California, in 1969.
Mary Decker Slaney is a four-time U.S. Olympic team member (1980, 1984, 1988 & 1996) and the only athlete ever to hold every U.S. record from 800 meters to 10,000 meters. Slaney won both the 1500 meter and 3000 meter titles at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, and she was the 1983 Sports Illustrated Sportswoman of the Year ...
In 1984, with the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Decker (now Decker-Slaney) was the hometown favorite in both the 1,500 and 3,000. But her form was not as good as 1983 and she placed only second in the US Olympic Trials in the 1,500, and elected to run only the 3K at the Olympics.
Married since January 1985 to Richard Slaney, a British Olympic discus thrower who carried her from the Coliseum infield Aug. 10, 1984, the former Mary Decker is happily ensconced in Eugene,...
Mary Decker has been the greatest American female middle distance and distance runner. She was a prodigy, breaking American records indoors when she was only 15, and won AAU titles indoors and out in 1974.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Mary Decker Slaney (Eugene, Oregon) set an American record in the women’s 5,000m on June 1, 1985 and was selected as winner of the eleventh USATF Throwback Athlete of the Week award.