Wednesday, 27 November 2024

    Wyomia Tyus

    • Contest: The US Athletic Hall of Fame - Athletes 2024
    • Sport(s): Track & Field
    • Statistics: 2 100 m Olympic Gold Medal (1964 & 1968)
      1 4x100 m Relay Olympic Gold Medal (1968)
      1 4x100 m Relay Olympic Silver Medal (1964)
      1 200 m Pan American Gold Medal (1967)
      Member of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame
      Member of the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
    • While still a teenager, Tennessee State’s Wyomia Tyus made the 1964 U.S. Olympic Team and won the women’s 100 m sprint while tying a world record. Tyus remained the top women’s sprinter in the years after, winning Gold at the 1967 Pan American Games, and then in 1968, she did something that was unprecedented.

      In Mexico City, Tyus became the first person to repeat as 100 m Gold Medalist, and she won a second gold in the 4x100 relay

      We are proud to nominate Wyomia Tyus for the United States Athletic Hall of Fame.
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