| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 12 | Shot Put | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 18.24 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 3 | Shot Put | 2011 | Daegu, KOR | 20.02 |
| Qualification | Shot Put | 2009 | Berlin, GER | 16.92 |
| Diamond League | ||||
| 2 | Shot Put | 2012 | New York, NY, USA | 19.62 |
| 2 | Shot Put | 2012 | Doha, QAT | 19.81 |
| 2 | Shot Put | 2011 | Eugene, OR, USA | 19.76 |
| 2 | Shot Put | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | 19.35 |
| 3 | Shot Put | 2011 | Zurich, SUI | 19.64 |
| 3 | Shot Put | 2011 | Stockholm, SWE | 19.87 |
| 3 | Shot Put | 2011 | Paris Saint-Denis, FRA | 20.18 |
| 3 | Shot Put | 2010 | Zurich, SUI | 19.50 |
| 3 | Shot Put | 2010 | New York, NY, USA | 18.99 |
| 4 | Shot Put | 2011 | Oslo, NOR | 19.14 |
| 5 | Shot Put | 2010 | Shanghai, CHN | 18.56 |
| 6 | Shot Put | 2010 | London, GBR | 18.91 |
| 6 | Shot Put | 2010 | Monaco, MON | 18.60 |
| 6 | Shot Put | 2010 | Paris Saint-Denis, FRA | 18.30 |
| 6 | Shot Put | 2010 | Gateshead, GBR | 17.68 |
| World Challenge | ||||
| 1 | Shot Put | 2010 | Dakar, SEN | 18.81 |
| 2 | Shot Put | 2011 | Zhukovskiy, RUS | 19.15 |
| World Indoor Championships | ||||
| 4 | Shot Put | 2012 | Istanbul, TUR | 19.40 |
| 6 | Shot Put | 2010 | Doha, QAT | 19.34 |
Hobbies
Fishing, playing piano, sewing. (longandstrong.com, 03 Jun 2007)
Education
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Family
Husband [Dustin].
Club name
New York Athletic Club, New York, NY, USA
Coach
Craig Carter (usatf.org, 2011)
Injuries
In 2008 she had surgery to repair a herniated disc. (usatf.org, 2011)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
She took up shot put at age seven. (haskestrength.com, 03 Aug 2010)
Reason for taking up this sport
Her brother was competing in shot put and he encouraged her to take up the discipline. (haskestrength.com, 03 Aug 2010)
Awards
She became the first American woman to win any kind of shot put medal at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, when she finished third. (mercurynews.com, 15 Feb 2012)
She broke the 26-year-old American shot put indoor record in Feb 2011. (mercurynews.com, 15 Feb 2012)
General
CHANGE OF TECHNIQUE
She competed for 12 years using the glide technique, before deciding to switch to the rotational technique in 2006. "I looked at all the international competitors and realised being only 5ft 10in, that the top throwers in the world had a physical advantage over me, with many of them over six feet tall. My coach [Craig Carter] knew that the spin would give me the extra advantage and help me reach the same level as the world-class throwers." (nbcolympics.com, 18 Jul 2008)
DETERMINATION
She narrowly missed qualification for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens after she failed to register an 'A' standard, despite finishing third at the US trials. "I think missing the Olympics was probably one of the most disappointing challenges I've had to face in my career. Coming so close, and watching it on TV in such a special place, made me realise that I never wanted to miss like that again." (nbcolympics.com, 18 Jul 2008)
UNBEATEN RUN
She won her eighth consecutive title at the 2012 US indoor shot put championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (examiner.com, 26 Feb 2012)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
