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Also Known As Elizabeth Cuthbert
Born April 20, 1938 • Sydney • Australia
Died August 6, 2017 (aged 79) • Perth • Australia
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
Australian hurdler Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Australian athlete
Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph
American sprinter
Jackson, Marjorie
Marjorie Jackson
Australian athlete
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
American athlete
Olympic track-and-field champion Fanny Blankers-Koen
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Dutch athlete
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
American athlete
Koch, Marita
Marita Koch
German athlete
Bobby Morrow
Bobby Morrow
American athlete
Allyson Felix
Allyson Felix
American athlete
Irena Szewińska
Irena Szewińska
Polish athlete
Evelyn Ashford
Evelyn Ashford
American athlete
Griffith Joyner, Florence
Florence Griffith Joyner
American sprinter
Charlie Paddock, who won two gold medals and a silver at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belg.
Charley Paddock
American athlete
Valery Borzov at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games
Valery Borzov
Soviet athlete
Cathy Freeman
Cathy Freeman
Australian athlete
Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson
American athlete
Al Oerter
American athlete
Glenn Davis
American track and field athlete
Murray Rose
Murray Rose
Australian swimmer
Fraser, Dawn
Dawn Fraser
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