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At the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, her third 100 m competition, Robinson was the only US athlete to qualify for the 100 m final. She reached the final and won, equaling the world record of 12.2 seconds. She was the inaugural Olympic champion in the event, since athletics for women had not been on the program before, and its inclusion was in fact ...
Biography. Betty Robinson was a 16-year-old student who did not know she was a good runner until a teacher spotted her running after a train and timed her in a corridor back at school. First women’s track Olympic champion. Robinson competed in her first meet only four months before the 1928 Olympic Games.
Dec 8, 2017 · Betty Robinson won an Olympic gold medal in the 100-meters when she was just 16. After overcoming a plane crash, the prognosis she'd never walk again and the Great Depression, she won another...
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Mar 7, 2019 · Betty Robinson (centre) crosses the line to win the first Olympic gold in the women’s 100m final. Every woman in that race knew she was making history and the occasion was too much for some.
Dec 13, 2012 · Of all the Olympic adventures enjoyed by athletes down the years, few can match the drama experienced by American sprinter Betty Robinson. She was the first women's 100m champion, she remains...
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Aug 8, 2021 · Among the stars of the 1928 Amsterdam Games, which marked the debut of women’s events at the Olympics, is the inaugural 100m Olympic champion Betty Robinson. Her story goes beyond the individual achievement of a talented track athlete. She’s known to be the Olympic champion who rose from the dead to win a second title with the US 4x100m ...
6. 7. 8. 9. 4 views 2 hours ago. From Amsterdam in 1928 to Berlin in 1936, Olympian Betty Robinson's story is one of incredible tenacity, endurance and sheer will of force to never give up....
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