How to Use heptathlete in a Sentence
heptathlete
noun
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The heptathlete had been on a roll, rising from 21st to fourth in the nation in two years.
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Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2020
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His wife, Candi, was a hurdler and heptathlete at Florida State and a gymnast in her youth.
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Christopher Clarey,
New York Times,
2 July 2019
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For a variety of reasons, Oregon didn't have a heptathlete this year.
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Ken Goe | The Oregonian/oregonlive,
OregonLive.com,
8 May 2017
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Johnson went from being a basketball star to a top heptathlete in track and field, competing at Arizona State.
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Richard Obert,
The Arizona Republic,
23 June 2022
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Her father played college basketball; her mom was a heptathlete and hurdler.
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NBC News,
8 July 2019
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A few years back, a promising British heptathlete named Jessica Ennis-Hill was hungry for a competitive edge.
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Devon Pendleton,
Bloomberg.com,
15 Feb. 2018
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The only athlete ever to win the team title by herself, the future Olympic heptathlete won all three jumps (high, long and triple) and was second in the 100-meter low hurdles behind another future Olympian, Gail Devers.
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Mitch Stephens,
SFChronicle.com,
30 May 2020
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German heptathlete Carolin Schafer writes about tough decisions and moving forward.
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oregonlive,
16 June 2020
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As an Olympic heptathlete, Shelia Burrell was never tripped by complacency.
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Drake Hills,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
4 June 2018
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That reference to a six-sibling family that includes an Olympic heptathlete speaks to Ackerman’s healthy relationship with Nwaba.
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K.c. Johnson,
chicagotribune.com,
16 Dec. 2017
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Married Estonian heptathlete Grete Sadeiko on March 10.
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The Baltimore Sun,
baltimoresun.com,
4 Apr. 2018
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