Kristin L. Heaston (born November 23, 1975, in

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) is a female

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ter from the United States. Originally competing for the

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team, Heaston transferred to the

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program after learning her father was suffering from

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. Heaston was a participant in the

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where she placed 23rd in the qualifying round with a throw of . Prior to her Olympic appearance, she was a runner-up at the Olympic Trials with a throw of . In 2003 Heaston became the American indoor and outdoor shot put champion. At the

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Heaston became the first woman ever to compete at the ancient site Olympia. In 2005, she became American outdoor shot put champion for the second time. She finished thirteenth at the

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and seventh at the

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and the 2007 World Athletics Final. Her personal best throw is , achieved in June 2007 in

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* * * Track and field athletes from California Sportspeople from Walnut Creek, California American female shot putters Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States Florida Gators women's track and field athletes 1975 births Living people 21st-century American sportswomen California Golden Bears women's track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2001 Summer Universiade {{US-shotput-athletics-bio-stub

International competitions

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