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Mildrette Netter (born June 16, 1948 in Greenview ) is a former American athlete and Olympic champion .

Sports career

The at that time still almost unknown student of Alcorn State University Netter came fourth in the US elimination competitions in 1968 in the 100-meter run and in the 200-meter run . She was then nominated for the 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. There the US team achieved a new world record in the preliminary round with 43.4 seconds (electronic timekeeping: 43.50 seconds). In the final she won the gold medal in the line-up of Barbara Ferrell , Margaret Bailes , Mildrette Netter and Wyomia Tyus before the relay from Cuba and the Soviet Union. In doing so, she improved the world record to 42.8 seconds (electronic timekeeping: 42.88 seconds).

As the only remaining runner in the team from 1968, Netter appeared again in the relay at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, but this time only reached fourth place.

Web links

• Mildrette Netter in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )