Mary Decker

Mary Teresa Slaney is an American retired middle-distance runner. During her career, she won gold medals in the 1500 meters and 3000 meters at the 1983 World Championships and was the world-record holder in the mile, 5000 meters and 10,000 meters. In total, she set 17 official and unofficial world records, and she was the first woman to break 4:20 for the mile. She also set 36 U.S. national records at distances ranging from 800 meters to 10,000 meters, and has held the U.S. record in the 2000 meters and 3000 meters since the early 1980s, while her 1500 meters record stood for 32 years and her mile record stood for 38 years. In 2003, she was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.

4 August 1958

Born on the same birth date (4 August 1958): Allison Hedge Coke • Silvan Shalom

Born on the same birth day (4 August): Brian Crozier • David Bedford • Dolf Luque • Frankie Ford • Henri Cornet • Hiroyuki Usui • Izet Hajrović • John Fitch (racing driver) • John Venn • Kelley O'Hara • Kishore Kumar • Larry Knechtel • Leon Camier • Mark Milligan • Maurice Richard • Michael J. Noonan (Fianna Fáil politician) • Nikos Liberopoulos • Paul Reynolds (musician) • Per-Åge Skrøder • Roger Clemens • Steve Phillips (footballer, born 1954) • Tomoya Warabino • Valdis Valters

Born in the same month (August 1958): Amanda Bearse • Anna Politkovskaya • August 25 • Calie Pistorius • Colm Feore • Craig MacTavish • Jah Wobble • Jan Nevens • Lindsey Hilsum • Nigel Dodds • Randy Shughart • Scott Hamilton (figure skater) • Simon Baron-Cohen • Steve Case • Steven Pokere