sport.wikisort.org - AthleteWillye Brown White (December 31, 1939 – February 6, 2007)[2] was an American track and field athlete who took part in five Olympics from 1956 to 1972. She was America's best female long jumper of the time and also competed in the 100 meters sprint. White was a Tennessee State University Tigerbelle under Coach Ed Temple. She was African-American.[3]
Willye White
 White running at the 1964 Summer Olympics |
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Born | December 31, 1939 (1939-12-31) Money, Mississippi, U.S. |
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Died | February 6, 2007 (2007-02-07) (aged 67) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
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Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
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Sport | Athletics |
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Event(s) | Sprint, long jump |
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Club | Mayor Daley Youth Foundation, Chicago[1] |
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Coached by | Ed Temple |
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Personal best(s) | 100 m – 11.5 (1964) LJ – 6.55 m (1964) |
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Athletic career
White was a 16-year-old sophomore in high school when she won a silver medal in the long jump in the 1956 games in Melbourne, Australia. It marked the first time an American woman ever won a medal in that event. She won her second silver medal in 1964 as a member of the 400-meter relay team, along with Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White and Edith McGuire.[1]
During her career White won 13 national indoor and outdoor titles and set seven U.S. records in the long jump. Her last record of 6.55 m stood from 1964 until 1972.[1] She was a member of more than 30 international track and field teams and won a dozen Amateur Athletic Union long jump titles in her career, according to USA Track & Field, which inducted her into its hall of fame in 1981 — one of her 11 sports hall of fame inductions. In 1999, Sports Illustrated for Women named her one of the 100 greatest women athletes in the 20th century.
Personal life
Born in Money, Mississippi,[4] and raised by her grandparents, she picked cotton to help her family earn money, while at the same time competing in sports. A longtime Chicago-area resident, she credited her experience as an athlete with allowing her to see beyond the racism and hatred that surrounded her as a child.[1]
White moved to Chicago in 1960 and became a nurse, first at Cook County Hospital, then at the Greenwood Medical Center. In 1965 she got a job of a public health administrator at the Chicago Health Department, and in 1976 earned a bachelor's degree from Chicago State University. In those years White was active as an athletics coach, preparing the national team to the 1981 World Cup and 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival. In 1990, she founded WBW Hang on Productions, a sports and fitness consultancy, and in 1991 the Willye White Foundation. The Foundation aimed to help children and included an after-school program, a summer day-camp and healthcare.[1]
White died of pancreatic cancer at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to Sarah Armantrout, a longtime friend who was with White when she died.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Willye White". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- Litzky, Frank (February 7, 2007). "Willye B. White, the First 5-Time U.S. Track Olympian, Dies at 67". New York Times. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
- "From the Mississippi Delta to Olympic Glory: Willye White's Legacy Lives on". 16 February 2017.
- Wiggins, David K. (26 March 2015). African Americans in Sports. Routledge. p. 401. ISBN 978-1-317-47744-0.
External links
Pan American Champions in women's long jump |
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US National Championship winners in women's long jump |
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1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union |
- 1923: Helen Dinnehey
- 1924: Dorothy Walsh
- 1925: Helen Filkey
- 1926: Nellie Todd
- 1927: Eleanor Egg
- 1928: Elta Cartwright
- 1929: Nellie Todd
- 1930: Stella Walsh
- 1931: Babe Didrikson
- 1932: Nellie Todd
- 1933: Genevieve Valvoda
- 1934: Not held
- 1935: Etta Tate
- 1936: Mable Smith
- 1937–8: Lula Hymes
- 1939: Stella Walsh (POL) * Lula Mae Hymes
- 1940–41: Stella Walsh (POL) * Lucy Newell
- 1942–45: Stella Walsh (POL) * Rowena Harrison
- 1946: Stella Walsh (POL) * Lillian Young
- 1947: Lillie Purifoy
- 1948: Stella Walsh (POL) * Lillian Young
- 1949–50: Mabel Landry
- 1951: Stella Walsh (POL) * Nancy Phillips
- 1952–3: Mabel Landry
- 1954–5: Nancy Phillips
- 1956–9: Margaret Mathews
- 1960–2: Willye White
- 1963: Edith McGuire
- 1964–6: Willye White
- 1967: Pat Connolly
- 1968–70: Willye White
- 1971: Kim Attlesey
- 1972: Willye White
- 1973–75: Martha Watson
- 1976: Kathy McMillan
- 1977–8: Jodi Anderson
- 1979: Kathy McMillan
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1980–1992 The Athletics Congress | |
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1993–present USA Track & Field | |
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Notes |
- OT: Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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US National Championship winners in women's 60-meter dash |
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1927–1979 Amateur Athletic Union | |
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1980–1992 The Athletics Congress | |
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1993–present USA Track & Field | |
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Notes | *Distances have varied as follows: 40 yards (1927–32), 50 meters (1933–54), 50 yards (1956–64), 60 yards (1965–86), 55 meters (1987–90) |
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1956 USA Olympic track and field team |
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Women's field athletes | |
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Coaches |
- Jim Kelly (men's head coach)
- Frank Anderson (men's assistant coach)
- Bob Giegengack (men's assistant coach)
- Jess Mortensen (men's assistant coach)
- Nell Jackson (women's head coach)
- Boo Morcom (women's field event coach)
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1960 USA Olympic track and field team |
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Women's track athletes | |
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Coaches |
- Larry Snyder (head coach)
- George Eastment (assistant coach)
- Ralph Higgins (assistant coach)
- Lloyd "Bud" Winter (assistant coach)
- Ed Temple (women's head coach)
- Fran Welch (women's field event coach)
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1964 USA Olympic track and field team |
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Men's track and road athletes | | |
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Men's field athletes | |
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Women's track athletes | |
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Women's field athletes | |
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Coaches |
- Bob Giegengack (men's head coach)
- Edward P. Hurt (men's assistant coach)
- Payton Jordan (men's assistant coach)
- Charles Walter (men's assistant coach)
- Ed Temple (women's head coach)
- Jack Griffin (women's assistant coach)
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1968 USA Olympic track and field team |
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Qualification | 1968 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) | |
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Men's track and road athletes | |
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Men's field athletes | |
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Women's track and road athletes | |
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Women's field athletes |
- RaNae Bair
- Estelle Baskerville
- Sharon Callahan
- Olga Connolly
- Barbara Friedrich
- Cathy Hamblin
- Eleanor Montgomery
- Carol Moseke
- Maren Seidler
- Martha Watson
- Willye White
- Pat Winslow
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Coaches |
- Payton Jordan (men's head coach)
- Ted Haydon (men's assistant coach)
- John Oelkers (men's assistant coach)
- Frank Potts (men's assistant coach)
- Stan Wright (men's assistant coach)
- Alex Ferenczy (women's coach)
- Conrad Ford (women's coach)
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1972 USA Olympic track and field team |
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Qualification |
- 1972 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)
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Men's track and road athletes | |
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Men's field athletes | |
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Women's track athletes | |
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Women's field athletes |
- Kim Attlesey
- Roberta Brown
- Sherry Calvert
- Olga Connolly
- Gale Fitzgerald
- Jane Frederick
- Cindy Gilbert
- Sandi Goldsberry
- Kate Schmidt
- Maren Seidler
- Jan Svendsen
- Martha Watson
- Deanne Wilson
- Willye White
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Coaches |
- Bill Bowerman (men's head coach)
- Ted Haydon (men's assistant coach)
- Hoover Wright (men's assistant coach)
- Stan Wright (men's assistant coach)
- Nell Jackson (women's head coach)
- Randall Lambert (women's assistant coach)
- Ron Sorkness (women's assistant coach)
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На других языках
- [en] Willye White
[it] Willye White
Willye Brown White (Money, 31 dicembre 1939 – Chicago, 6 febbraio 2007) è stata una lunghista e velocista statunitense.
[ru] Уайт, Уилли (легкоатлетка)
Уилли Браун Уайт (англ. Willye Brown White[3]; 31 декабря 1939, Мани, Миссисипи — 6 февраля 2007, Чикаго) — американская легкоатлетка, специализировавшаяся в прыжке в длину и беге на короткие дистанции. Двукратный серебряный призёр Олимпийских игр (1956 — прыжок в длину, 1964 — эстафета 4 × 100), двукратная чемпионка Панамериканских игр 1963 года, 7-кратная рекордсменка и 13-кратная чемпионка США в прыжке в длину, участница двух мировых рекордов в эстафете 4 × 100 в составе сборной США. Член Олимпийского и Паралимпийского зала славы США и Зала славы лёгкой атлетики США.
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