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Mildred "Millie" Louise McDaniel-Singleton (née McDaniel, November 4, 1933 – September 30, 2004) was an American athlete, who competed mainly in the women's high jump event during her career.

Mildred McDaniel

Personal information
Birth name	Mildred Louise McDaniel
Full name	Mildred Louise McDaniel-Singleton
Born	November 4, 1933 (1933-11-04) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died	September 30, 2004 (2004-10-01) (aged 70) Pasadena, California, U.S.
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne High jump Pan American Games 1955 Mexico City High jump

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, she attended David T. Howard High School.[1] She competed for the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where she won the gold medal in the women's high jump event. In the process, she beat the current world record holder, Iolanda Balas and set a new world record.

She attended the Tuskegee Institute where she played basketball. While there she was the National Champion in 1953, 1955 and 1956.[2] In 1983 she was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.[3]

Death

McDaniel-Singleton died of cancer, aged 70,[4] in Pasadena, California.

References

External links

• Millie McDaniel at World Athletics
• Mildred (Tex) McDaniel at the USATF Hall of Fame
• Mildred Louise McDaniel at Olympics.com
• Mildred McDaniel at Olympic.org (archived)
• Millie McDaniel at Olympedia
• Millie McDaniel at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Mildred Louise McDaniel-Singleton at Find a Grave (cites November 3, 1933 as date of birth)

На других языках

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- [en] Mildred McDaniel

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[it] Mildred McDaniel

Mildred Louise McDaniel (Atlanta, 4 novembre 1933 – Pasadena, 30 settembre 2004) è stata un'altista statunitense, campionessa olimpica a Melbourne 1956.

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[ru] Макдэниел, Милдред

Милдред Луиза «Милли» Макдэниел-Синглтон (англ. Mildred Louise «Millie» McDaniel-Singleton, в девичестве — Макдэниел; 4 ноября 1933, Атланта, Джорджия, США — 30 сентября 2004, Пасадина, Калифорния, США) — американская легкоатлетка, специализировавшаяся на прыжках в высоту. Олимпийская чемпионка 1956 года, чемпионка Панамериканских игр 1955 года.

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