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{{short description|American hammer thrower}}
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| birth_date = {{bdabirth date and age|1981|6|5}}
| birth_place = [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
| country = {{USA}}
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| pb = 72{{convert|74.59 03|m|ft}} (2016)
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'''Amber Campbell''' (born June 5, 1981 in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]])<ref>[http{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/amber-campbell-1.html |title=Amber Campbell]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on |access-date=2013-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114903/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/amber-campbell-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-18}}</ref> is an American [[Unitedhammer States|Americanthrow]]er. Campbell attended [[hammerCoastal throwCarolina University]]er in South Carolina and competed for the Chanticleer track team. She competedhad her first international competition at the [[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw|2005 World Championships]]. She then competed in the 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015 World Championships. Her first Olympic birth came at the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw|2008 Olympic Games]] andin Beijing, China. She then went on to compete at the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw|2012 Olympic Games]] withoutas reachingwell. At the final.2016 HerSummer personalOlympics bestin throwBrazil, isCampbell 73.613madvanced whichto shethe threwfinals inplacing Edmonton6th finishing as the highest placing American woman ever.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iaafindystar.orgcom/athletesstory/unitedsports/olympics/rio-states2016/amber2016/08/12/lawrence-campbellnorths-181692felisha-johnson-falls-short-shot-put-final/88623958/|title = Pike hammer thrower Amber Campbell advances to final}}</ref>
 
Her personal best is 74.03&nbsp;m (242&nbsp;ft&nbsp;10&nbsp;in), which was her winning mark at the [[2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|2016 United States Olympic Trials]] in Eugene.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/amber-campbell-181692|title = Amber CAMPBELL &#124; Profile &#124; World Athletics}}</ref> The mark is the former [[List of world records in masters athletics#Women Hammer Throw|W35 Masters World Record]].
 
==International competitions==
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|2016
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|6th
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw|-72.74 m]]
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==References==
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*[http://www.all-athletics.com/node/153491 Amber Campbell Athletics profile]
==External links==
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