Dana Pounds is an American

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

athlete competing in the

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...

. In 2007, she competed in the women's javelin throw event at the

2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member feder ...

held in Osaka, Japan. She did not qualify to compete in the final. Competing for the Air Force Falcons track and field team, she won the women's javelin throw event at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships both in 2005 and in 2006. In 2008, she won the women's United States Air Force Athlete of the Year award.

Personal life

In December 2013, her husband David Lyon was killed by a car bomb in Afghanistan.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American female javelin throwers World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States 21st-century American sportswomen NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Air Force Falcons track and field Air Force Falcons women's track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games {{US-javelinthrow-athletics-bio-stub