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 |
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