How to Use heptathlete in a Sentence

heptathlete

noun

• The heptathlete had been on a roll, rising from 21st to fourth in the nation in two years.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2020
• His wife, Candi, was a hurdler and heptathlete at Florida State and a gymnast in her youth.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 2 July 2019
• For a variety of reasons, Oregon didn't have a heptathlete this year.
  — Ken Goe | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 8 May 2017
• Johnson went from being a basketball star to a top heptathlete in track and field, competing at Arizona State.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 23 June 2022
• Her father played college basketball; her mom was a heptathlete and hurdler.
  — NBC News, 8 July 2019
• A few years back, a promising British heptathlete named Jessica Ennis-Hill was hungry for a competitive edge.
  — Devon Pendleton, Bloomberg.com, 15 Feb. 2018
• The only athlete ever to win the team title by herself, the future Olympic heptathlete won all three jumps (high, long and triple) and was second in the 100-meter low hurdles behind another future Olympian, Gail Devers.
  — Mitch Stephens, SFChronicle.com, 30 May 2020
• The junior hasn’t committed to a college yet, but some university coaches surely must be eyeing her as a possible heptathlete.
  — Lee Nichols, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• German heptathlete Carolin Schafer writes about tough decisions and moving forward.
  — oregonlive, 16 June 2020
• As an Olympic heptathlete, Shelia Burrell was never tripped by complacency.
  — Drake Hills, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 June 2018
• That reference to a six-sibling family that includes an Olympic heptathlete speaks to Ackerman’s healthy relationship with Nwaba.
  — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 16 Dec. 2017
• Married Estonian heptathlete Grete Sadeiko on March 10.
  — The Baltimore Sun, baltimoresun.com, 4 Apr. 2018

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