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Born May 9, 1968 (age 56) • Basse-Terre • Guadeloupe
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
Koch, Marita
Marita Koch
German athlete
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
American athlete
Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson
American athlete
Allyson Felix
Allyson Felix
American athlete
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
American athlete
Gail Devers
American athlete
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
American sprinter
Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph
American sprinter
Betty Cuthbert
Australian sprinter
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaican sprinter
Cathy Freeman
Cathy Freeman
Australian athlete
Irena Szewińska
Irena Szewińska
Polish athlete
Olympic protests, 1968
Tommie Smith
American athlete
Bobby Morrow
Bobby Morrow
American athlete
Charlie Paddock, who won two gold medals and a silver at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belg.
Charley Paddock
American athlete
Stanisława Walasiewicz
American athlete
Alberto Juantorena
Cuban athlete
Eric Liddell
Eric Liddell
British athlete
Alice Coachman
Alice Coachman
American athlete
Eddie Tolan
American athlete

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