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Aeriwentha ("Mae") Faggs Starr (April 10, 1932 in Mays Landing, New Jersey – January 27, 2000 in Cincinnati) was an American athlete who mainly competed in the sprint events. She graduated from Bayside High School, and then went to Tennessee State University to run under Hall of Fame coach Ed Temple.

Mae Faggs

Medal record
Women’s athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
	1952 Helsinki	4x100 metres relay
	1956 Melbourne	4x100 metres relay
Pan American Games
	1955 Mexico City	4×100 metre
	1955 Mexico City	100 metres

She competed for the United States in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where she won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay with her teammates Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau and Catherine Hardy. Four years later she went to the Melbourne 1956 Games as the sole returnee from the 1952 Games relay team, and teamed up with Margaret Matthews, Wilma Rudolph and Isabelle Daniels but failed to retain the title, only managing to come away with the bronze medal.[1]

In 1955, she won the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 100-yard dash, in 10.8, record time.[2] USATF reports her personal record as 10.70, though fully automatic timing was extremely rare and only experimental during her career. She repeated winning the 100 metres the following year in 11.7. She also won the 200 metres or 220 yards three times in a row, 1954–1956.[3] Indoors, she won the 220 yard dash six times between 1949 (as a 16-year-old) and 1956, equalling Stella Walsh (who was later determined to be of ambiguous gender) for the most championships by an individual athlete in that event.[3]

For many years, Mae taught athletics at Princeton High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, and led the Princeton High School girls' track and field team to the Ohio championship in 1989.[4]

In 1976, she was elected into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.[5]

She died on January 27, 2000, at her home in Woodlawn, Ohio, at age 67 due to cancer.[6]

References

External links

• Obituary

На других языках

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[de] Mae Faggs

Aeriwentha Mae „Toots“ Faggs Starr (* 10. April 1932 in Mays Landing, New Jersey; † 27. Januar 2000 in Woodlawn, Ohio) war eine US-amerikanische Leichtathletin und Olympiasiegerin. Sie gehörte ab 1952 den Tigerbelles des Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State Colleges an, die von Edward Temple trainiert wurden.[1]

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- [en] Mae Faggs

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[fr] Mae Faggs

Heriwentha ("Mae") Faggs Starr (née le 10 avril 1932 à New York - décédée le 27 janvier 2000 à Cincinnati) est une athlète américaine spécialiste du sprint.

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[it] Mae Faggs

Heriwentha Mae Faggs-Starr (Mays Landing, 10 aprile 1932 – Woodlawn, 27 gennaio 2000) è stata una velocista statunitense, campionessa olimpica della staffetta 4×100 metri ai Giochi di Helsinki 1952.

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[ru] Фэггс, Мэй

Айривента «Мэй» Фэггс Старр (англ. Aeriwentha "Mae" Faggs Starr; 10 апреля 1932, Мейс-Лендинг[d], Нью-Джерси — 27 января 2000, Вудлоун[d], Огайо) — американская легкоатлетка, специалистка по бегу на короткие дистанции. Выступала за национальную сборную США по лёгкой атлетике в период 1948—1956 годов, чемпионка летних Олимпийских игр в Хельсинки, обладательница бронзовой медали Олимпийских игр в Мельбурне, чемпионка Панамериканских игр, рекордсменка мира, многократная победительница и призёрка первенств национального значения.

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