Dawn Ellerbe

{{short description|American hammer thrower}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|4|3}}

| birth_place = Central Islip, New York, U.S.

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| years_active = 1997–2003

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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

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Dawn L. Ellerbe (born April 3, 1974) is a former track and field athlete who specialized in the hammer throw.{{World Athletics}} She is currently the assistant athletic director at California State University, Northridge and a popular fashion model and blogger.{{cite news |url=http://www20.csueastbay.edu/news/2009/09/pioneerpoints-091709.html |title=Pioneer Points |date=September 17, 2009}}{{cite news |url=http://www.sc.edu/cmcis/news/enews/SEPT2009/index.html |title=South Carolina's Dawn Ellerbe Moves to Cal State East Bay |date=September 2009}} Ellerbe is a member of the University of South Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame and is on the Board of Directors for the United Way of the Midlands in Columbia, South Carolina.

Ellerbe was featured in the New York Times article, "Sports of The Times; At Sydney, the First Toss Goes to the Women" by George Vecsey.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/04/sports/sports-of-the-times-at-sydney-the-first-toss-goes-to-the-women.html |title=Sports of The Times; At Sydney, the First Toss Goes to the Women |date=August 4, 2000 |work=The New York Times |first=George |last=Vecsey}} and by CNN Sports Illustrated, "Ellerbe leads U.S. in debut of hammer throw."{{cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2000/08/19/update_ellerbe/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010503013214/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2000/08/19/update_ellerbe/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 3, 2001 |title=Ellerbe leads U.S. in debut of hammer throw |date=August 19, 2000 |work=CNN}} Her interest in fashion was profiled in "My Way: Dawn Ellerbe" in skirt!Columbia.{{cite news |url=http://columbia.skirt.com/node/9791 |title=My Way: Dawn Ellerbe |date=August 25, 2008 |access-date=July 28, 2010 |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081711/http://columbia.skirt.com/node/9791 |url-status=dead }}

During her time as a student athlete at the University of South Carolina, Ellerbe was a four-time NCAA champion, six-time All-American and five-time Southeastern Conference champion. After receiving her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of South Carolina in 1996, Ellerbe continued competition.

Ellerbe is a six-time USA Indoor champion (1996–2001) and six-time USA Outdoor champion in the hammer throw (1995–2001). Ellerbe also claimed the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Then representing the United States in the 2000 Summer Olympics, Ellerbe finished in 7th place in the women's hammer throw competition with a distance of 66.80 metres.