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Vonetta Flowers

Chronology

1973	Born October 29 in Birmingham, Alabama
c. 1980	Begins competing in track and field
1982	Runs an astonishing 50-yard dash
c. 1987-91	Maintains all-state status in high school
c. 1991-94	Seven-time NCAA All-American while at University of Alabama at Birmingham
1994	Fails to make Olympic team
2000	Finishes 12th in Olympic long-jump trials
2000	Tries out for Bonny Warner's bobsled team
2000	Breaks the world start record
2000	Finishes the season ranked third in the world
2001	Joins driver Jill Bakken's team
2001	Places second in the Olympic trials
2002	First African-American to win gold in a Winter Olympics