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Robinson was born in Riverdale, Illinois. She was a student at Thornton Township High School when she achieved national acclaim as an Olympic champion. Her talent was discovered by her science teacher Charles Price, who saw her running to catch the train after school. He was a former athlete and the coach of the school team.
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 gold ...
May 21, 1999 · Betty Robinson Schwartz, who in 1928 as a 16-year-old high school junior became the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field, died Tuesday in Colorado. She was 87. Her son ...
Mar 7, 2019 · Betty Robinson was an Olympic champion – and a hugely popular one. Chicago Tribune reporter William L Shirer wrote that ‘an unheralded, pretty, blue-eyed blond young woman from Chicago became ...
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 ...
Feb 9, 2024 · In the 1936 Olympic Games, Betty Robinson once again became an Olympic champion. Then she retired from the sport. — Notes. Please consider supporting Historical Snapshots with a donation if you enjoyed this Betty Robinson snapshot biography. Visit our Patreon page to donate. Thank you for supporting us.
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.
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