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Anita Neil was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, [3] to an African-American father and a white English mother. Neil’s father was a staff sergeant with the United States Army stationed in Wellingborough during World War II, where he met her mother, Florence, a local woman. [4]
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.
She returned to competition in 2011 and became the British 100m champion. [5] Kwakye reached the semi-final of the Women's 100m at the 2011 World Championships, in Daegu, South Korea. In 2012 Kwakye won the British 60m Indoor title, but failed to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games due to injury. [6] She did not compete in 2013.
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 ...
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Kadeena Cox (born 10 March 1991) is a parasport athlete competing in T38 para-athletics sprint events and C4 para-cycling and British television presenter. [1] She was part of the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships and the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, in which she won world titles in the T37 100m and C4 500m time trial respectively.
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 ...