Willye White
Willye White (born January 1, 1939 in Money , Mississippi , † February 6, 2007 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American athlete who was successful in the long jump between 1956 and 1972 . She started for Tennessee State University and was trained by Ed Temple .
White participated in five Olympic Games and won two silver medals:
- 1956 in Melbourne : Silver in the long jump with 6.09 m behind the Pole Elżbieta Krzesińska (gold with 6.35 m) and in front of the Georgian Nadezhda Dwalishvili (bronze with 6.07 m)
- 1964 in Tokyo : Silver over 4 × 100 m (White as starting runner) with teammates Wyomia Tyus , Marilyn White and Edith McGuire in 43.92 seconds behind Poland (gold in 43.69 seconds) and ahead of Great Britain (bronze in 44.09 s)
In her other Olympics she did not make it to the final in the long jump.
For this she was able to win a medal three times at the Panamerican Games :
- 1963 in São Paulo gold (6.15 m),
- 1959 in Chicago bronze (5.70 m)
- 1967 in Winnipeg bronze (6.17 m)
Willye White was called up to the national team 34 times and represented her country eleven times in a row in the international match between the USA and the USSR. She won 12 AAU championships and set 7 national records in the long jump. Her personal best is 6.55 m.
She was inducted into the Black Sports Hall of Fame as well as the Woman's Sports Foundation Hall of Fame . In 1991 she founded the Willye White Foundation , whose mission is the professional and social advancement of young girls.
literature
- Willye B. White , in: Sheila Rowbotham : A Century of Women. The History of Women in Britain and the United States . London: Viking, 1997 ISBN 0-670-87420-5 , p. 643
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | White, Willye |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American long jumper and sprinter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Money |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 2007 |
| Place of death | Chicago |