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Kellie Wells has competed for USA Kellie Wells has won 1 bronze medal at the Olympic Games

Kellie Wells is a track and field athlete who has competed for the United States. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

She competed in the 100 metres hurdles in 2012, after suffering a severe hamstring tear during the final of the national trials in 2008. She won the national championships in 2011 and qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games by finishing second in the national trials, as the oldest of three American athletes in the event. She won the third heat in the first round with a time of 12.69, edging out Tatyana Dektyareva by 0.18 seconds, and with the third-fastest time in the heats, behind Sally Pearson and Lolo Jones. In the third semifinal, she was the fastest once again, and recorded a new season best time of 12.51, qualifying for the final with the third-fastest time, behind Pearson and her own compatriot Dawn Harper. In the final, she was one of three American athletes to compete, and with a new personal best time of 12.48, she finished on a bronze medal position, 0.13 seconds behind the new Olympic champion Pearson, and 0.11 seconds behind Harper, but ahead of Jones by 0.10 seconds.

Olympic Results[]

Year Event Result
2012 Women's 100m hurdles Bronze

2012[]

Discipline Stage Time
100 metres hurdles Heats 12.69
Semifinal 12.51
Final 12.48 PR
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