Carter is the Carl Lewis Foundation's executive director and a board member of Sound Body Sound Mind, a program to increase physical fitness in high schools.[citation needed] She is the mother of twins.[citation needed]
In 1993, she earned her first World Ranking (No. 8) in the heptathlon and ended the season ranked number 1. It was the first time since 1985 that another American outranked Jackie Joyner-Kersee in the multi except for 1989 when Joyner-Kersee didn't compete.
In 1982, while at Wichita East High School (the same high school as national record holder in the mile, Jim Ryun, she set the NFHS national high school record in the high jump at 6' 2 1/4". The record lasted for three years.[1]
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^National High School Record Book September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
carter, lelia, begel, born, march, 1964, inglewood, california, also, known, former, heptathlete, from, united, states, representing, native, country, 1992, summer, olympics, barcelona, spain, there, finished, eleventh, place, bornlelia, begelmarch, 1964inglew. Lelia Kym Carter Begel born March 12 1964 in Inglewood California also known as Kym Carter is a former heptathlete from the United States representing her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Spain There she finished in eleventh place Kym CarterBornLelia Kym Carter BegelMarch 12 1964Inglewood CaliforniaNationalityAmericanOccupationHeptathleteCarter is the Carl Lewis Foundation s executive director and a board member of Sound Body Sound Mind a program to increase physical fitness in high schools citation needed She is the mother of twins citation needed Contents 1 Education 2 Corporate sponsors 3 IAAF World Indoor Championships 4 Notable achievements 5 ReferencesEducation editWichita High School East class of 1982 University of Houston Louisiana State UniversityCorporate sponsors editNike Inc ReebokIAAF World Indoor Championships editSilver medal in the pentathlon at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships Bronze medal in the pentathlon at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsNotable achievements editIn 1993 she earned her first World Ranking No 8 in the heptathlon and ended the season ranked number 1 It was the first time since 1985 that another American outranked Jackie Joyner Kersee in the multi except for 1989 when Joyner Kersee didn t compete In 1982 while at Wichita East High School the same high school as national record holder in the mile Jim Ryun she set the NFHS national high school record in the high jump at 6 2 1 4 The record lasted for three years 1 References editCitations National High School Record Book Archived September 27 2011 at the Wayback Machine SourcesKym Carter profile at USATF Sound Body Sound Mind profile nbsp This biographical article about an American heptathlete is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kym Carter amp oldid 1191810899, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
