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Evelyn Ashford

Evelyn Ashford

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Born April 15, 1957 in Sacramento, California, USA

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Evelyn Ashford at her high school in California, Ashford was invited to join the all-male track-and-field team when she outdistanced a number of its members in a series of races; she co-captained the team her senior year. She received one of the first athletic scholarships awarded to a woman by the University of California at Los Angeles, and in her years there she won four national collegiate championships and competed in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.

After she quit school in 1978 to train for the Olympics full-time, Ashford won two 1979 World Cup titles, beating German world-record holders Marlies Gohr and Marita Koch in the 100 and 200-metre sprints, respectively. She was voted the 1979 Woman Athlete of the Year. Although she was unable to participate in the 1980 Olympics in Moscow because of the U.S. boycott, she went on to win another two world championships in 1981, when she was again named Woman Athlete of the Year. In the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Ashford captured the gold medal in the 100-metre dash, despite residual difficulties from a hamstring injury she suffered during the 1983 world championships. She was also a member of the gold-medal-winning 4×100-metre relay team. In 1984 Ashford set a world record in the 100 meters (10.76 seconds).

In the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, she won a silver medal in the 100 meters and a gold medal in the 4×100-metre relay. In the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Ashford, at the age of 35, competed again with the 4×100-metre relay team, becoming the oldest American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field.

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ESPN 25: Who's #1? Poster

ESPN 25: Who's #1? TV Series2004Self

ESPN SportsCentury Poster

ESPN SportsCentury TV Series1999Self

Barcelona '92: 16 Days of Glory Poster

Barcelona '92: 16 Days of Glory Documentary1993Self

Marathon Poster

Marathon Documentary1993Self

The 14th Annual American Black Achievement Awards Poster

The 14th Annual American Black Achievement Awards TV Special1993Self

The 10th Annual Black Achievement Awards Poster

The 10th Annual Black Achievement Awards TV Special1989Self

Seoul 1988: Games of the XXIV Olympiad Poster

Seoul 1988: Games of the XXIV Olympiad Mini-Series1988Self - National Team's Flagbearer

The 7th Annual Black Achievement Awards Poster

The 7th Annual Black Achievement Awards TV Special1986Self

16 Days of Glory Poster

16 Days of Glory Documentary1985Self - Hurdler

The 6th Annual Black Achievement Awards Poster

The 6th Annual Black Achievement Awards TV Special1985Self

World Class Women TV Series1985Self

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade TV Special1984Self

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