Jamie McNeair (born June 26, 1969) is a retired female heptathlete from the

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, who won the gold medal at the

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. She set her personal best (6374 points) in the heptathlon on 29 July 1995 at a meet in

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. She was born in

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. McNeair was an

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n athlete for the

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team, finishing 3rd in the heptathlon at the

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and 1990 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

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* 1969 births Living people Track and field athletes from Buffalo, New York American heptathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century American sportswomen Purdue Boilermakers women's track and field athletes {{US-heptathlon-athletics-bio-stub