[DOC] [TLE] Mary Decker - Wikipedia [PAR] Mary Teresa Slaney is a retired American middle-distance runner. During her 
career, she won ... In 1981 she married fellow American distance runner Ron 
Tabb. ... in tears by her boyfriend (and later, husband), British discus thrower 
Richard Slaney. ... Decker and Budd next met in July 1985, in a 3000 meters race 
at Crystal... [DOC] [TLE] The Top 10 Running Doping Scandals of All Time | Competitor.com [PAR] May 25, 2011 ... Runners, too, have had their fair share of doping scandals. ... three gold and two 
bronze, becoming the American media darling of those ... The first middle-
distance runner on the list! ... It wasn't until 1996, at the age of 37, that Decker 
Slaney (she married British discus thrower Richard Slaney in 1985) got... [DOC] [TLE] Mary Decker, an American idol - ESPN.com [PAR] Aug 13, 2013 ... She remains the most accomplished female middle-distance runner in .... married 
her husband, British discus thrower Richard Slaney, in 1985. [DOC] [TLE] Mary Decker - Repairing The Damage - Jesse Owens ... [PAR] At the same time, she married Richard Slaneya former discus throwerand 
tried to move on ... a bad loser, and received criticism from fellow runners and the 
news media. ... Decker still holds four American records, all set between 1983 
and 1985. From 1980 to 1984, Decker won every middle-distance race she 
entered,... [DOC] [TLE] Mary Decker Stock Photos and Pictures | Getty Images [PAR] South African runner Zola Budd watches her chief competitor American Mary ... 
Mary Decker of the USA led away distraught by future husband Richard Slaney of 
Great ... athlete Mary Decker with her partner British discus thrower Richard 
Slaney ... Mary DeckerSlaney of the USA middledistance runner being 
interviewed in... [DOC] [TLE] The Story Behind The Perfect Photo Of Olympic Pain - Deadspin [PAR] Aug 15, 2016 ... In the mid-1970s, Burnett and Robert Pledge co-founded Contact Press ... who 
came along as distance running was swelling in popularity, on the heels of ... 
Women runners were relatively new to Olympic events beyond the sprints; ... her 
subsequent engagement to British discus thrower Richard Slaney. [DOC] [TLE] ORANGE COUNTY HALL OF FAME : An Illustrious Track Record ... [PAR] Dec 17, 1994 ... Slaney is the best American woman middle-distance runner ever, and ... said 
Richard Slaney, the British discus thrower she married in 1985. [DOC] [TLE] Her recognition hasn't fallen by the wayside - latimes [PAR] Jul 7, 2008 ... But fate intervened, the greatest middle-distance runner in U.S. women's track 
and field ... Married since January 1985 to Richard Slaney, a British Olympic 
discus thrower who carried her from the Coliseum infield Aug. ... Her chance for 
Olympic glory gone, the American cut a sympathetic figure . . . until she... [DOC] [TLE] Decker, Mary - Dictionary definition of Decker, Mary | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] In 1980, when it looked like she would get a second chance, the American ... 
Decker completed a marathon and four middle- and long-distance races, ... she 
married Richard Slaneya former discus throwerand tried to move on with her 
life. ... Some speculated that Decker's harsh treatment of Budd also cost the 
runner... [DOC] [TLE] Slaney still remembers 'The Fall' - The Orange County Register [PAR] Aug 21, 2013 ... As the most dominant women's middle- and long-distance runner in American 
history, she ... Jim Ryun and the late Steve Prefontaine, the two other icons of 
American distance running. ... "It was very difficult for her," Richard Slaney said of 
the backlash. ... 1, 1985 she married Slaney, a British discus thrower. [DOC] [TLE] Mary Decker, whose tumble at the Los Angeles Olympics... - UPI.com [PAR] Jan 1, 1985 ... But it was tainted after the American waved off Budd's attempted ... 'But as 
Richard and I look at it, if we can go through a year like this ... Decker said she 
took two weeks off after the Olympics, helping Slaney build a suntan studio

Question: In 1985 this American middle-distance runner married discus thrower Richard Slaney
Answer: Mary Decker