Amanda Yvette Bingson (born February 20, 1990) is an American

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athlete specializing in the

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. She is the former American record holder in the event with a distance of set at the

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. Bingson attended school at the

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where she is a school record holder and majored in interdisciplinary studies. She had only taken up the hammer throw in 2009 as a college freshman and has continued to improve since then. A month before the trials, she finished fourth at the

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s. Prior to that, she was a

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and discus thrower at Silverado High School in

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, where her team won the state championship twice and where she finished second in the 2008 shot put. She qualified to join the Olympic team by finishing second in the

at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, throwing (reaching the A standard) in the 4th round. At the Olympics, she did not advance past the qualifying round, finishing 28th overall. Bingson appeared on one of the covers for the 2015 ''

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'' ''

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''. Amanda Bingson placed fourth in

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behind Team USA teammates

Amber Campbell Amber Campbell (born June 5, 1981) is an American hammer thrower. Campbell attended Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina and competed for the Chanticleer track team. She had her first international competition at the 2005 World Champion ...

Gwen Berry Gwendolyn Denise Berry (born June 29, 1989) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the hammer throw. Her mark of on June 8, 2018, ranks her #7 on the all-time list. She also holds the world record in the weight throw with a ...

and

DeAnna Price DeAnna Marie Price (born June 8, 1993) is an American track and field athlete competing primarily in the hammer throw. Price's personal best in the hammer is , the American record, set at the 2021 US Olympic trials. The throw ranked her as the ...

at 2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) and was an alternate to represent the United States in the hammer at the 2016 Olympics.

Education

* Silverado High School in

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, 2008 *

, Interdisciplinary Studies, formerly Sociology, 2013

Family

She and her older sister, Morgan, are the two daughters of Sue and Pat Bingson of

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Achievements

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bingson, Amanda 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Victorville, California Sportspeople from the Las Vegas Valley Track and field athletes from California American female hammer throwers Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States UNLV Rebels women's track and field athletes USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners 21st-century American sportswomen