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It includes British sportswomen that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Black British sportswomen" The following 168 pages are in this category, out of 168 total.
Theresa Ione Sanderson CBE (born 14 March 1956) is a British former javelin thrower. She appeared in every Summer Olympics from 1976 to 1996, winning the gold medal in the javelin throw at the 1984 Olympics. She was the second track and field athlete to compete at six Olympics, and the first Black British woman to win an Olympic gold medal.
A member of the Newham & Essex Beagles, she won the British Universities and College (BUCS) 100 metres title in May 2022, in a time of 11.70 seconds. At the same event, she won gold in the women's 4x100m relay. [4] She won the 100m title at the 2023 England Athletics U23 Championships in Chelmsford, running a time of 11.46 seconds. [6]
Famous Black athletes span all sports, from football and basketball to tennis and gymnastics. ... long jump event in a USA versus British Empire meeting at White City stadium in west London ...
It includes British sportspeople that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
And it wasn't until 2002, just 20 years ago, that Vonetta Flowers became the first Black athlete from any country to win gold in the Winter Olympics. She was a Team USA bobsledder at the Salt Lake ...
In 2019 she was the first British woman to win a World title in a sprint event. The fastest British woman on record, she won a gold medal in the 200 metres, silver in the 100 metres and another silver in the 4×100 m relay at the 2019 World Championships, breaking her own British records with further records which still stand. Aged 24, Asher ...
As part of its 65th-anniversary celebration, Barbie adds Venus Williams and more elite female athletes to its Role Models series. […]