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Article: Wyomia Tyus won the gold medal in world record time at the 1968 Olympic Games
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- Westside Gazette
- Article date:
- February 17, 2005
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Wyonia Tyus born Aug. 29, 1945 in Griffin, Ga., U.S.), American sprinter who held the world record for the 100-metre race (1964-65, 1968-72) and was the first person to win the Olympic Games gold medal in the event twice.
Tyus began running in high school and continued at Tennessee State University (Nashville), from which she graduated in 1967. At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, she won the gold medal with a time of 11.4 seconds. In the same year, she won the 100-metre race in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) meet, and she won the 100-yard dash in the 1965 and 1966 AAU ...