Deby LaPlante

Personal information

Born

April 3, 1953

Medal record

Women’s Athletics
Representing the United States
Pan American Games
	1979 San Juan	100 m hurdles
	1975 Mexico City	100 m hurdles

Deby LaPlante (Deborah C. LaPlante, née Lansky, in second marriage Smith; born April 3, 1953) is a retired female track and field athlete from the United States, who competed in the hurdles event. She twice won a medal at the Pan American Games during her career. LaPlante set her personal best in the women's 100m hurdles event on June 16, 1979, clocking 12.86 in Walnut, California.

External links

Deby Smith profile at IAAF
Profile at trackfield.brinkster.net
Profile at SportsReference.com

Pan American Games Champions in Women's 80 m Hurdles and 100 m Hurdles

1951 – 1967: 80 m hurdles 1971 – present: 100 m hurdles

1951 – 1955: Eliana Gaete (CHI) 1959: Bertha Díaz (CUB) 1963: Jo Ann Terry (USA) 1967: Cherrie Sherrard (USA) 1971: Patty Johnson (USA) 1975: Edith Noeding (PER) 1979: Deby LaPlante (USA) 1983: Benita Fitzgerald (USA) 1987: LaVonna Martin (USA) 1991 – 1999: Aliuska López (CUB) 2003: Brigitte Foster (JAM) 2007: Delloreen Ennis-London (JAM) 2011: Yvette Lewis (USA) 2015: Queen Harrison (USA)

US National Championship winners in women's 100-meter hurdles

1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1923–4: Hazel Kirk 1925–9: Helen Filkey 1930: Evelyne Hall 1931–2: Babe Didrikson 1933: Simone Schaller 1934: Not held 1935: Jean Hiller 1936: Anne O'Brien 1937: Cora Gaines 1938–9: Marie Cortell 1940: Sybil Cooper 1941: Lelia Perry 1942: Lillie Purifoy 1943: Nancy Cowperthwaite 1944–5: Lillie Purifoy 1946–7: Nancy Cowperthwaite 1948–9: Bernice Robinson 1950: Evelyn Lawler 1951: Nancy C. Phillips 1952: Constance Darnowski 1953: Nancy Phillips 1954: Constance Darnowski 1955–6: Bertha Diaz (CUB) 1957: Shirley Crowder 1958: Not held 1959: Shirley Crowder 1960: JoAnn Grissom 1961–2: Cherrie Parrish 1963–4: Rosie Bonds 1965–6: Cherrie Sherrard 1967–8: Mamie Rallins 1969: Chi Cheng (TPE) 1970: Mamie Rallins 1971: Patty Johnson 1972: Mamie Rallins 1973–4: Patty Johnson 1975–6: Jane Frederick 1977: Patty Van Wolvelaere 1978–9: Deby LaPlante

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–2: Stephanie Hightower 1983: Benita Fitzgerald 1984: Stephanie Hightower 1985: Rhonda Blanford 1986: Benita Fitzgerald-Brown 1987: LaVonna Martin 1988: Kim McKenzie 1989: Lynda Tolbert 1990: LaVonna Martin 1991–2: Gail Devers

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Lynda Tolbert 1994: Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1995–6: Gail Devers 1997: Melissa Morrison 1998: Cheryl Dickey 1999–2004: Gail Devers 2005: Michelle Perry 2006–7: Virginia Powell 2008: Lolo Jones 2009: Dawn Harper 2010: Lolo Jones 2011: Kellie Wells 2012: Dawn Harper 2013: Brianna Rollins 2014–5: Dawn Harper Nelson 2016: Brianna Rollins

Notes	OT: 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. Distance:The event was over 60 yards until 1928, 80 meters 1929-1968

1976 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Qualification	1976 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track & road athletes	Garry Bjorklund Benny Brown (r) Doug Brown Dick Buerkle Matt Centrowitz Willie Davenport Mike Durkin Mark Enyeart Dwayne Evans Charles Foster Herman Frazier Paul Geis Harvey Glance Millard Hampton Johnny "Lam" Jones Don Kardong Ron Laird Mark Lutz Duncan MacDonald Henry Marsh Ed Mendoza Edwin Moses Fred Newhouse James Owens Maxie Parks Steve Riddick James Robinson Mike Roche Bill Rodgers Todd Scully Mike Shine Frank Shorter Craig Virgin Larry Walker Quentin Wheeler Rick Wohlhuter

Men's field athletes	James Barrineau Earl Bell James Butts Sam Colson Fred Dixon Rayfield Dupree Al Feuerbach Richard George Anthony Hall Larry Hart Tommy Haynes Bill Jankunis Bruce Jenner Larry Myricks Terry Porter John Powell Dave Roberts Arnie Robinson Fred Samara Pete Shmock Jay Silvester Dwight Stones Mac Wilkins Randy Williams George Woods

Women's track athletes	Debra Armstrong Evelyn Ashford Rhonda Brady Rosalyn Bryant Chandra Cheeseborough Pat Donnelly Sheila Ingram Madeline Manning Jackson Pam Jiles (r) Wendy Knudson Francie Larrieu Jan Merrill Brenda Morehead Deby LaPlante Cynthia Poor Debra Sapenter Martha Watson (r) Kathy Weston

Women's field athletes	Sherry Calvert Gale Fitzgerald Jane Frederick Paula Girven Joni Huntley Marilyn King Kathy McMillan Kate Schmidt Maren Seidler Karin Smith Pam Spencer Sherron Walker Martha Watson Lynne Winbigler

Coaches	LeRoy Walker (men's head coach) Sam Bell (men's assistant coach) Lee Calhoun (men's assistant coach) Jimmy Carnes (men's assistant coach) Stan Huntsman (men's assistant coach) Berny Wagner (men's assistant coach) Alex Ferenczy (women's head coach) C. Harmon Brown (women's assistant coach) Jack Griffin (women's assistant coach) Brooks Johnson (women's assistant coach)

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