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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
Stephanie Brown Trafton didn't sound satisfied, although that Olympic gold medal from Beijing last August was a nice validation of where she ranks among the world's female discus throwers. Her challenge now is staying at the top. So she's hoping to step into the ring and deliver another magical performance in the IAAF World Outdoor Championships, which begin a nine-day run Saturday in Berlin. Trafton,...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
After Stephanie Brown Trafton won an Olympic gold medal last August in Beijing, it would have been easy for the Galt resident to relax, savor the spotlight and ease up on the throttle. Instead, she's unleashed a 2009 season that's enhanced her status as the world's top female discus thrower. Trafton, 29, owns three of the top six throws in the world this year, including a 217-foot, 2-inch effort May...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/25/2009
Olympic champion Stephanie Brown Trafton uncorked the fifth-longest discus throw by an American woman in winning the event Sunday at the Pacific Association Championships of USA Track & Field. On her second throw in cold, windy conditions at College of San...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/25/2009
Olympic champion Stephanie Brown Trafton uncorked the fifth-longest discus throw by an American woman in winning the event Sunday at the Pacific Association Championships of USA Track & Field. On her second throw in cold, windy conditions at College of San...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
ZAGREB, Croatia – Olympic discus silver medalist Yarelis Barrios of Cuba beat gold medalist Stephanie Brown Trafton of Galt in the Zagreb Grand Prix on Tuesday.
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
As a scorching sun crept closer to the western horizon, Galt's golden light savored a hero's welcome home. Olympic gold medalist Stephanie Brown Trafton demonstrates that her throwing ability isn't limited to the discus as she pitches candy to the huge crowd that welcomed her home to Galt on Wednesday. The hometown crowd chanted, "USA, USA."
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Galt plans to host a celebration honoring Stephanie Brown Trafton, the Olympic gold medalist in the women's discus throw, tonight at 7 o'clock in the Galt Community Park at 1000 Walnut Ave. Admission is free.
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
The discus thrower, who started out wanting to be a gymnast, gets the first U.S. gold in track and field. The first American track and field athlete to win a gold medal here wanted to be the next Mary Lou Retton until her hardy English-German-Nordic genes kicked in and she hit 6 feet in junior high, on the way to her 6-4 adult height.
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The Moderate Voice (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
One of the big stories to come out of the Olympics last night was the gold medal victory by 28-year-old Stephanie Brown Trafton in the womens discus throw. She became the first US woman to win a gold medal since 1932 and the first one to win ANY medal since 1984. Obviously her story is very inspiring, how she first dreamed of going to the Olympics as a four year old watching Mary Lou Retton compete....
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
BEIJING -- A couple of underdogs got things back on track for the U.S. Olympic track and field team Monday. Angelo Taylor led a sweep of the medals in the men's 400-meter hurdles, and Stephanie Brown Trafton won a surprising gold in the women's discus. A squad that came into the day with no gold medals walked out with two.
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Right Celebrity (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Meet Stephanie Brown-Trafton, an American Olympic discus thrower. See photos, video and a biography of Stephanie below. Stephanie Brown-Trafton Congratulations to Stephanie Brown-Trafton for capturing the gold medal in the discus at the Beijing Olympics Monday, with a first throw of 64.7m, besting Cuba’s Yarelis Barrios’ throw of 63.64m (silver) and Olena Antonova of Ukraine took [...]
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Not since 1972, when Tacoma's Mac Wilkins broke the national schneid with a win in the discus, has the U.S. has to wait four days at an Olympic track meet to hear its national anthem.
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