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Feb 9, 2024 · Betty returned home to Riverdale, Illinois, where she finished high school and enrolled at Northwestern University. She continued running, winning medals and setting records, with a focus on the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where she was a favorite to win.
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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May 20, 1999 · Betty Robinson Schwartz, 87, who in 1928 became the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in track, died Tuesday in Colorado. Mrs. Schwartz, a native of Riverdale who lived for many years in Gle…
Aug 8, 2021 · Betty Robinson (© Christel Saneh) 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 ...
May 25, 1999 · Betty Robinson, the first female athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for a track event, has died aged 87. She won the 100 metres in the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam just before she was 17 - she ...
Jul 31, 2008 · 3) Betty Robinson wins gold in the 100 metres, Amsterdam, 1928 Given that it was 1972 before women were allowed to compete over 800m, it is strange that more prominence isn't given to the struggle ...
Oct 17, 2017 · Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, Montillo (The Wilderness of Ruin) traces the fascinating story of Betty Robinson, an Olympic-track-and-field trailblazer. Montillo is a brilliant storyteller who introduces Robinson in 1931, as she is being driven to a local funeral home, assumed dead, after a devastating plane crash that puts her ...
