Evelyn Ashford - Awards And Accomplishments

As of the end of 2002, Ashford was the only woman in U.S. track-and-field history to win four Olympic gold medals. She won two of those medals, and her Olympic silver medal, after the birth of her daughter.
The Flo Hyman Award, established in 1987, commemorates the All-World Cup volleyball team player, who died at age 31. It is given by the Women's Sports Foundation to a woman athlete who over her career has exemplified Hyman's "dignity, spirit and commitment to excellence."
The ESPY Award is given by ESPN television for excellence in sports performance.
1976	Qualified for U.S. Olympic team and placed fifth in 100-meter sprint
1977	Won Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) championships in 100-meter and 200-meter dashes and 800-meter relay
1977, 1979, 1981-83	U.S. National Champion in 100-meter sprint
1977-79, 1981, 1983	U.S. National Champion in 200-meter sprint
1978	Won AIAW 200-meter dash and finished second in 100-meter dash
1979	Broke American record for 200-meter sprint three times; Pan-Am Champion in both 100-meter and 200-meter sprint
1979, 1981	World Cup Champion in 100-meter and 200-meter sprint
1979, 1981, 1983-84	Broke American record for 100-meter sprint a total of five times
1983-84	Broke world record for 100-meter sprint
1984	Olympic Gold Medal for 100-meter sprint
1984, 1988, 1992	Won Olympic Gold Medals for 4 × 100-meter relay
1988	Olympic Silver Medal for 100-meter sprint; first black woman to carry American flag during an Olympic opening ceremony
1989	Won Flo Hyman Award, given by Women's Sport Foundation
1993	Won ESPY Award as Outstanding Women's Track Performer of the Year
1994	Inducted into Mt. San Antonio College Relays Hall of Fame
1997	Inducted into U.S. Track & Field Hall of Fame; inducted into Women's Sports Hall of Fame

Evelyn Ashford - Awards And Accomplishments

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