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LaVonne Idlette

Dominican Republic hurdler

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ3219859 ↗
Source-derived summary

LaVonne Idlette (born October 31, 1985, in Miami, United States) is an American hurdler competing internationally for the Dominican Republic. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres hurdles.

Her personal bests are 12.77 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (+1.8 m/s, Montverde 2013) and 8.16 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Sopot 2014). Both are current Dominican Republic records.

Idlette appeared on The Amazing Race 32 with Kellie Wells and placed tenth and being the second team eliminated.

Since 2023, Lavonne Idette has served as a Global Partner of the ACE Global Leaders of Excellence Network.

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The public source identifies “LaVonne Idlette” as dominican Republic hurdler. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around LaVonne, Idlette and Dominican.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985, 2012, 2013, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1985-10-31. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with LaVonne, Idlette and Dominican providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3219859. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1985, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from “LaVonne Idlette” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.