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She was the number-one-ranked woman in the United States and the world [56] [57] in both 1957 and 1958, and was named Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years, garnering over 80% of the votes in 1958. [58] She also became the first Black woman to appear on the covers of Sports Illustrated [59] and Time. [60]
First African-American Winter Olympic gold medal winner: Vonetta Flowers (two-woman bobsleigh). (See also: Shani Davis, 2006) First African American to become majority owner of a U.S. major sports league team: Robert L. Johnson (Charlotte Bobcats, NBA) [Note 7] (see also 2001) First African American to hold the #1 rank in tennis: Venus Williams
Sports Illustrated (SI) is an American ... and Rose Marie Reid who formed the first all-women winning group in 1958. ... Top 20 Female Athletes of the Decade (2009)
Naomi Osaka appears on the cover of this year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition, becoming the first female Black athlete to do so.
Famous Black athletes span all sports, from football and basketball to tennis and gymnastics. This article focuses on 10 whose excellence made them household names and changed their sports forever.
National Black Sports and Entertainment Hall of Fame (2001) [50] [51] In 1984, the Women's Sports Foundation selected Rudolph as one of the five greatest women athletes in the United States. In 1996, the foundation presented its first Wilma Rudolph Courage Award to Jackie Joyner-Kersee. [12] [52]
American sports wouldn't be what they are today without the trailblazing black athletes of years past. From household names like Jackie Robinson to more recent history-makers like Vonetta Flowers ...
Jackson became the first Black woman to win a Winter Olympic gold in an individual sport. [2] Jackson also is the first American woman to win an Olympic speed skating gold since Chris Witty in 1000m in 2002 , and the first American woman to win the women's 500m since Bonnie Blair in 1994 .