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Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter who overcame childhood polio and went on to become a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. Rudolph competed in the 200-meter dash and won a bronze medal ...
4 × 100 m relay. Yolanda Gail Devers (/ ˈdiːvərz / DEE-vərz; [2] born November 19, 1966) is an American retired track and field sprinter who competed in the 60 metres, 60 m hurdles, 100 m and 100 m hurdles. One of the greatest and most decorated female sprinters of all time, she was the 1993, 1997 and 2004 world indoor champion in the 60 m ...
4 × 400 m relay. Sanya Richards-Ross (née Richards; born February 26, 1985 [1]) is a retired Jamaican-born American track and field athlete who competed internationally for the United States in the 400-meter sprint. Her notable accolades in this event include being the 2012 Olympic champion, 2009 world champion, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist ...
Gabrielle Thomas. Gabrielle Lisa Thomas (born December 7, 1996) [3] is an American track and field athlete specializing in 100 and 200 meter sprint who is the 2024 200m Olympic champion. Born in Georgia and raised in Massachusetts, Thomas competed in college for Harvard University before beginning a professional track career in 2018.
Women's +81kg: 5:30 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com. ... This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Olympics TV schedule: The final day of events in Paris on Sunday.
4×100 m. 1987 Rome. 200 m. Florence Delorez Griffith Joyner[ 4 ] (born Florence Delorez Griffith; [ 2 ] December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998), also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete and the fastest woman ever recorded. She set world records in 1988 for the 100 m and 200 m.
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (born 21 August 1996) [5] is a Puerto Rican [6][7][8] track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she became the first Puerto Rican of Afro-Latino descent and the second person representing Puerto Rico to win a gold medal. [9][10][11] In the semi-finals, Camacho-Quinn set ...
Emma Coburn. Emma Jane Coburn (born October 19, 1990) [ 1 ] is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 3000-meters steeplechase. She holds the distinction of being a world champion, world silver medalist, Olympic bronze medalist, three-time Olympian and 10-time US National Champion in the steeplechase.