Background
She was born 14 December 1960 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.A.
She was born 14 December 1960 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.A.
Her best performances came in the first two World Athletics Championships in 1983 and 1987. In Helsinki in 1983 she was a Bronze medallist over 100 m. In 1988, she was 2nd to Florence Griffith Joyner"s world record time of 10.49 in the 100m.
Diane has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs during her career in the era preceding random out of competition testing.
However, she managed to compete without the use of drugs through the 1987 season and ran faster than ever. She now tours schools where she relates her abuse of steroids and the struggle to regain her health in the aftermath of her career.
An auto biography True to Maine was published a few years ago chronicles the aforementioned battle to perform clean at the highest level Height 1.63 m Weight 54 kg.