Flo Hyman

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Flora Jean "Flo" Hyman (born July 31, 1954 in Inglewood , California , † January 24, 1986 in Matsue , Japan ) was an American volleyball player . She won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics .

education

Flora Jean Hyman was born to George W. Hyman and Warrene Hyman. She was 1.83 m tall at the age of twelve and reached a height of 1.96 m when fully grown, which was advantageous in her volleyball career. Although she also showed a talent for basketball, she chose volleyball, a game played predominantly by whites and less often by black working-class people. Hyman closed the Morningside High School in Inglewood, and studied at the University of Houston mathematics and sports . She was the first woman to receive a sports scholarship from this university. However, she did not graduate last year as she devoted herself entirely to her volleyball career.

volleyball

At the club level, Hyman was active for the Houston Cougars. Starting in 1974, Hyman was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team . However, they did not play because of the boycott at the 1980 Olympic Games of Moscow . She played in the World Cup in 1981, and won the bronze medal with the American team at the 1982 World Cup . At the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas and the 1984 Olympic Games , Hyman led the USA to the silver medal. In the Olympic final, the team was beaten by China , despite the fact that the USA had previously managed to defeat China in the same tournament.

Life

After the Summer Games, Hyman moved to Japan , where she played for the Japanese Daiei team. In the summer of 1986 she wanted to return to the United States. However, Flo Hyman died unexpectedly during a volleyball game against Hitachi . It turned out that she had died of an aortic tear . This was caused by the previously undiagnosed rare genetic disease Marfan syndrome .

Flo Hyman played a mercenary named Spike armed with a knife in the movie "Order of the Black Eagle".

In 1988 Flo Hyman was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame .

successes

  • three-time US champion
  • among the best six players of the 1981 World Cup
  • Bronze medal at the 1982 World Cup in Peru
  • Silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas
  • Silver medal at the 1984 USA Olympics

Flo Hyman Award

The Flo Hyman Memorial Award was presented annually between 1987 and 2004 by the US Women's Sports Foundation in Washington, DC , United States , on the National Girls and Women Sports Day, regardless of nationality or sport, to the female athlete with the best dignity, embodies the spirit and will to excel that was typical of volleyball player Flo Hyman. Hyman was an advocate for equality between men and women in sport and for the passage of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988 . The prize was awarded for outstanding athletic performance as well as for charitable activities .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Flo Hyman's biography . West Virginia University Department of Physical Education. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  2. ↑ Flo Hyman
  3. ↑ Flo Hyman Memorial Award ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Women's Sports Foundation  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.womenssportsfoundation.org
personal data
SURNAME Hyman, Flo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hyman, Flora Jean (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Inglewood , California
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1986
Place of death Matsue , Japan