Michelle Carter won her third USA Outdoor Championship title at the 2011 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championship in Eugene, OR. She set a new personal-best of 19.86m on her second attempt of the competition. Carter will represent USA at the 2011 World Outdoor

Championships in August in the women's shot put. In 2008, she made her first Olympic team as an elite athlete. Three-time USA Outdoor champion (08', 09', 11'), 2006 Indoor champion, 2005 and 2010 USA Outdoor Runner-up, 2004 World Junior Champion, Two-time USA Junior Champion (03', 04'), Pan American Junior gold medalist, 2001 World Youth silver medalist

Event: Shot Put
PRs: 19.86m/65'2"
Born: San Jose, CA
College: University of Texas
Coach: Michael Carter/Jon Drummond
Club: Nike

Athlete Bio

Mjølnir [myawl-nir] - Scandinavian Mythology, the war hammer of Thor, the god of lightning, thunder, wind, and rain. Mjølnir is depicted as one of the most fearsome weapons of the Norse gods, capable of leveling mountains. He used it as a weapon against the Jotuns, heard as thunder by humans. Mjølnir was the symbol of regeneration. It was not just about destruction. Thor defends the world from natural and spiritual disasters.

Our spelling of Mjølnir is from Faroese. It is the Germanic language of the Faroe Islands.