Gwendolyn Berry joined the Tennessee State University Track and Field coaching staff in September of 2022.
Berry is a world-class athlete who started her hammer throw career in 2008 at the University of Southern Illinois Carbondale. She gained notoriety in 2016 when she made her first Olympic team and broke the indoor world record in Hammer Throw.
Berry is a human rights activist who was named the 2020 Toyota Humanitarian Award recipient for her continued activism in bringing awareness and educating others on issues of social justice. Since raising her fist on the podium during the 2019 Pan American Games, Berry has become one of the most outspoken leaders in sports fighting to bring awareness to issues of social injustice.
The former Olympian has used her voice to speak powerfully on her social media platforms and in dozens of interviews with the media, and on podcasts to educate others on the issues facing Black Americans, Black and female athletes.
Her accomplishments include World Indoor Record, Rio Olympic Games Semi-Finalists, Tokyo Olympic Games Finalist, 3x World Champion Finalists, and Team member, NACAC Gold Medalists, 4x NCAA all American, and 3x USA Champion.
