Evelyn Ashford
Chronology
| 1957 | Born April 15 in Shreveport, Louisiana |
| 1972-75 | Defeats star male football runner in race at Roseville High School (Roseville, California) and becomes only female on school track team; serves as co-captain during senior year |
| 1975 | Accepts a full athletic scholarship to the University of California at Los Angeles |
| 1976 | Competes in Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada, finishing fifth in the 100-meter dash |
| 1978 | Leaves college to train full-time for the 1980 Olympics |
| 1980 | U.S. President Jimmy Carter boycotts Olympics in Moscow to protest Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; Ashford is devastated that she will not get to compete |
| 1981 | Competes in World Cup championships |
| 1983 | Pulls right hamstring and falls during finals at World Cup |
| 1984 | Competes in Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California, winning two gold medals and setting an Olympic record in sprinting |
| mid-1980s | Serves as reporter for cable TV program World Class Woman |
| 1986 | Gives birth to daughter, Raina Ashley Washington |
| 1987 | Misses most of track season because of troublesome hamstring muscle |
| 1988 | Competes in Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, winning a gold medal for 4 × 100 relay and a silver in sprinting after finishing second to Florence Griffith-Joyner |
| 1992 | Competes in Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, winning gold medal as leader of 4 × 100 relay team, at age 35 |
| 1992 | Retires after Olympics; devotes time to raising her daughter and serves as public speaker and track-and-field commentator |
| 1999 | Participates in U.S. Olympic Committee's worldwide Olympic Day on June 23 |
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