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("Francie") Norma Kraker Goodridge (born in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is a former women's track and field athlete and coach from the United States. She set a world record in the 600-yard indoor event and wa...

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Webster Ford (1862-1902), athlete and journalist. He was born in Brooklyn, the son of Gordon Lester Ford and Emily Fowler Ford (a granddaughter of Noah Webster, poet, and lifelong friend of Emily Dicki...

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Florieda Batson was captain of the first American women's Olympic team. Batson (born November 20, 1900, New Orleans, Louisiana; died January 31, 1996, New Orleans) was an American hurdler and captain o...

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Truxtun Hare (October 12, 1878 – February 2, 1956) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the hammer throw and All rounder events. He was also a college football player for the Penn Qu...

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Rebecca Stokke (born March 22, 1989) is an American track and field athlete and fitness model. She broke a number of American records for high school pole vaulting. At the age of seventeen, images of h...

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Aimee Mullins is an American athlete, actor, and public speaker. She was born with a medical condition that resulted in the amputation of both of her lower legs. She is famous for being the first amput...

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J. Saling (July 27, 1909 – April 15, 1933) was an American athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics.Saling was born in Memphis, Missouri, but the family moved to Corydon, Iowa when ...

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Andrew Jenkins (born 25 May 1952) is a Scottish former track and field sprinter who competed mainly in the 400 metres. His personal best for the distance is 44.93 seconds, set in 1975, which was a Brit...

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Wes Felix is an American sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He attended the University of Southern California from 2002 to 2005, where he was the Pac-10 200 metres champion in 2003 and...

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Al Joyner is an American track and field coach and former athlete. He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. He is the 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump. He was also the coach and husband of...

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Delorez Griffith Joyner (born Florence Delorez Griffith; December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998), also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete.She is considered the fastest woman of al...

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Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is an American retired track and field athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the heptathlon as well as long jump. She won three gold, o...

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Allyson Felix is an American track and field sprint athlete who competes in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters. At 200 meters, she is the 2012 Olympic champion, a 3-time World champion (2005–09)...

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Eilish McColgan (born 25 November 1990) is a Scottish middle-distance athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She is the daughter of former 10,000 metres World Champion and Olympic sil...

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Elizabeth ("Liz") McColgan (née Lynch) MBE (born 24 May 1964) is a Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete. She won the gold medal for the 10,000 metres at the ...

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Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is considered by many to be the greatest track & field athlete of all time. With nine Olympic gold medals, 10 Olympic medals, and eight gold medals at...

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Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner, October 28, 1949), formerly Bruce Jenner, is an American television personality and retired athletic champion. In 1976, Jenner won the gold medal for de...

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Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, KBE, often known as Seb Coe, is an English former athlete and politician. Seb Coe is considered one of the greatest middle-distance runners of all time. He won the B...

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Lewis Johnson (August 18, 1934 – December 2, 2020) was an American decathlete and film actor. He was the 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, having won silver in 1956. He had previously won a ...

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Paavo Nurmi one of the original Flying Finns is, arguably, the greatest track & field athlete of all times. Nurmi was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner. He dominated distance running...

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