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Vonetta Flowers (née Jeffery; born October 29, 1973) is an American bobsledder. In 2002 Winter Olympics, Flowers became the first African American and the first Black athlete from any country to win a gold medal at a Winter Olympics.

Vonetta Flowers
Medal record
Bobsleigh
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake CityTwo-woman
World Championships
2004 KönigsseeTwo-woman

Career


Flowers was a star sprinter and long jumper at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and originally aspired to make the U.S. Summer Olympics. After several failed attempts, Flowers turned to bobsledding, and found success as a brakewoman almost immediately. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, she, along with driver Jill Bakken, won the gold medal in the two-woman event, becoming the first African American woman to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics. After the Salt Lake City Games, Flowers gave birth to twins and took some time off from the sport. In 2003, she returned to competition with new driver Jean Prahm. Flowers and Prahm competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, finishing sixth.

Flowers also won the bronze medal in the two-woman event at the 2004 FIBT World Championships in Königssee. She retired from competition after the 2006 Winter Olympics.

In December 2010, she was elected to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. She was inducted as a member of the Class of 2011 in May.


References


    Vonetta Flowers and Jill Bakken begin the race for the gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics
    Vonetta Flowers and Jill Bakken begin the race for the gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics



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    - [en] Vonetta Flowers

    [it] Vonetta Flowers

    Vonetta Lashaw Flowers (Birmingham, 29 ottobre 1973) è una bobbista statunitense.

    [ru] Флауэрс, Вонетта

    Вонетта Флауэрс (англ. Vonetta Flowers, урождённая Вонетта Джеффри (англ. Jeffery), 29 октября 1973, Бирмингем) — американская бобслеистка, выступавшая за сборную США в середине 2000-х годов.



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