biography
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| female
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| lived:
| (1975– )
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| biography:
| Track and field athlete, born in Los Angeles, California, USA. A sprinter and jumper, after playing basketball at North Carolina State University (NCAA champions 1994), she returned to athletics and won the 100 m World Championship in 10·83 sec in 1997. The International Athletics Federation Woman Athlete of the Year in 1998, she headed the rankings for 100 m, 200 m and long jump (the first woman to do this since 1943), was US champion in all three, and was unbeaten in 34 consecutive competitions before losing the World Cup long jump to Heike Dreschler. She became the first woman in history to win five athletics medals at a single Olympic Games, a feat she accomplished at Sydney in 2000. |
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