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Barbara Pearl Jones (later Slater, born March 26, 1937) is a retired American sprinter. She was part of the 4 × 100 m relay teams that won gold medals at the 1952 and 1960 Olympics and at the 1955 and 1959 Pan American Games.
1948 & 1949 – University of Illinois Athlete of the Year; 1961 – Inducted into the Illinois Sports Hall of Fame; 1993 – University of Illinois renamed their male and female Athlete of the Year awards to the Dike Eddleman Athlete of the Year. [13] 2017 – Inducted into the University of Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame [14]
Investigations by the sport's governing body (FIG) found that she was only 14 at the 2000 Games. (To be eligible the gymnastic athletes must turn 16 during the Olympic year). FIG recommended the IOC take the medal back as her scores aided China in winning the team bronze. The US women's team, who had come fourth in the event, moved up to third ...
The University of Wisconsin and its police department have launched an investigation after private images and video of the women’s volleyball team were leaked online, officials announced.
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The men's portion of the 1948 United States Olympic trials for track and field was held at Dyche Stadium on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Organized by Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) , the two-day competition lasted from July 9 to 10.
The Olympian previously claimed on Twitter the photos were fake, but this puts that denial to rest. Lee's pictures were taken in 2007, when she was only 16, by her now-ex-boyfriend, according to ...
Unbeaten as a prep and college competitor, she was a star in the 100- and 200-meter races and 400-meter relay and a national and international champion in the two individual events. She won the 200-meter race at the U.S. Olympic trials in 1948, making her one of nine black American female track athletes to compete at the London Games.