Lelia Kym Carter Begel (born March 12, 1964, in Inglewood, California), also known as Kym Carter, is a former heptathlete from the United States, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she finished in eleventh place. Carter is the executive director of the Carl Lewis Foundation, and a board member of Sound Body Sound Mind, a program to increase physical fitness in high schools. She is the mother of twins. Education Wichita High School East, class of 1982 University of Houston Louisiana State University Corporate sponsors Nike, Inc. Reebok IAAF World Indoor Championships Silver medal in the pentathlon at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships Bronze medal in the pentathlon at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships Notable achievements In 1993, she earned her first World Ranking (No. 8) in the heptathlon and ended the season ranked number 1. It was the first time since 1985 that another American outranked Jackie Joyner-Kersee in the multi except for 1989 when Joyner-Kersee didn't compete. In 1982, while at Wichita East High School (the same high school as national record holder in the mile, Jim Ryun, she set the NFHS national high school record in the high jump at 6' 2 1/4". The record lasted for three years. References Citations Sources Kym Carter profile at USATF Sound Body Sound Mind profile 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Inglewood, California Track and field athletes from California American heptathletes African-American female track and field athletes Olympic track and field athletes of the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States Houston Cougars women's track and field athletes LSU Lady Tigers track and field athletes 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people