Sherry Calvert

{{Short description|American javelin thrower (born 1951)}}

Sherry Lynn Calvert (born June 6, 1951, in Los Angeles, California) is a retired female javelin thrower from the United States, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1972 and 1976. She set her personal best (63.38 metres) in 1978.

Calvert won the javelin at the 1970 DGWS Outdoor Track and Field Championships representing the USC Trojans track and field team.{{cite web |last1=Hubbard |first1=Mike |last2=Pfeifer |first2=Jack |title=The early years of Women's collegiate track |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/WCollegiateTrack.pdf |website=Track and Field News |access-date=26 January 2025}}

International competitions

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1971

|Pan American Games

|Cali, Colombia

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|51.52 m

1972

|Olympic Games

|Munich, West Germany

| 15th

|51.38 m

1975

|Pan American Games

|Mexico City, Mexico

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|54.70 m

1976

|Olympic Games

|Montreal, Canada

| 13th

|53.08 m

References