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Official Olympic Video on YouTube Wyomia Tyus ( pronunciation : why-o-mi ; born August 29, 1945) is a retired American track and field sprinter , and the first person to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m (a feat since duplicated by Carl Lewis , Gail Devers , Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce , Usain Bolt , and Elaine Thompson-Herah ).
At the same Olympics, Griffith Joyner also ran with the 4 × 100 m relay and the 4 × 400 m relay teams. Her team won the 4 × 100 m relay and finished second in the 4 × 400 m relay. [19] This was her first internationally rated 4 × 400 m relay. She left the games having won four Olympic medals, three gold and one silver. [38]
At the Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 200 meter race in 21.83. [33] Along with her teammates, she also won gold medals in the 4 × 100 m relay and 4 × 400 m relay . On September 26, she competed at the Athlos track meet, a women-only track and field meeting at Icahn Stadium in New York City , finishing second in the 200 m.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. South African middle-distance runner (born 1991) Caster Semenya OIB Caster Semenya in 2018 Personal information Nationality South African Born (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 34) Pietersburg, South Africa Alma mater North-West University Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 70 kg (154 lb ...
Zola Budd (also known as Zola Pieterse; born 26 May 1966) is a South African middle-distance and long-distance runner. She competed at the 1984 Olympic Games for Great Britain and the 1992 Olympic Games for South Africa, both times in the 3000 metres. In 1984 (unratified) and 1985, she broke the world record in the 5000 metres.
She is the youngest woman in history to hold Olympic and world titles in an individual track and field event. At the age of 19, Mu won the gold medal in the 800 meters at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, breaking a national record set by Ajeé Wilson in 2017, and a continental under-20 record. She took a second gold as part of the women's 4 × 400 m relay.
On the final night of Olympic athletics, Felix ran a 48.2-second leg on the U.S. women's 4 × 400 meters relay team that included DeeDee Trotter, Francena McCorory, and Richards-Ross, winning in a time of 3:16.87, the third-fastest time in Olympic history behind the Soviet Union and the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics, and the fifth ...
McLaughlin bettered this mark at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor Meet on June 18. Taking the baton in sixth place on the final handoff, she passed five runners to lead Union Catholic to victory, posting a split of 49.85 seconds. [36] McLaughlin was named the Gatorade National Female Athlete of the Year in 2015–16 and 2016–17. She was the ...