About Mary Decker:
Mary Teresa Slaney is an American former track athlete. During her career, she won gold medals in the 1500 meters and 3000 meters at the 1983 World Championships, and set 17 official and unofficial world records and 36 US national records. She has held the American record in the mile, 2000 meters and 3000 meters since the early 1980s. She also held the American record in the 1500 meters for 32 years until it was surpassed by Shannon Rowbury on July 17, 2015.
I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.
Mary Decker