African American Olympic Female Swimmer

Mabel Staton, trailblazer who was US team's only female long jumper at the 1952 Olympics, dies at 92

Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, has died.

The Boston Globe · 2h

Mabel Staton, trailblazer who was US team's only female long jumper at the 1952 Olympics, dies at 92 - Clone

An antidiscrimination lawsuit on her behalf helped lead to one of the first multiracial track teams in the Midwest.

ESPN · 4h

Track and field trailblazer Mabel Staton dies at age 92

Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, died Thursday.

Chicago Sun-Times · 2h

Mabel Staton, DePaul athlete who became Team USA's only female long jumper at the 1952 Olympics, dies at 92

Staton, who went by the name of Mabel Landry when she attended DePaul in the 1950s, before the school had a women's track team, was inducted into the university's athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.

Madison.com · 3h

Staton, trailblazer for Team USA track, dies at 92

Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the

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Iris Cummings Critchell, 104, Dies; ’36 Olympic Swimmer Turned Aviator

By Richard Goldstein Iris Cummings Critchell, a swimmer who was the last survivor of the American team that competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in ... was Jesse Owens, a Black athlete who won ...

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Black swimmers emphasize importance of visible representation at annual swim meet

Thousands of swimmers from all over the country took part in the 38th Annual Black History Invitational at the Takoma Aquatic ...

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Six Female Swimmers Who Could Emerge Internationally in 2025

swimmers take small openings to become stars. Here are six women we are watching this year for a potential breakout. Five of them have already competed in individual Olympic finals while three ...

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Swimmin’ Women of Eldersburg embark on 5th annual plunge for Special Olympics

A group known as The Swimmin’ Women has taken their fifth annual plunge at Merritt in Eldersburg to fundraise for the Special Olympics of ... enrolling in decades of swim classes together ...

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