Alice Coachman
Awards And Accomplishments
| 1939 | Wins her first Amateur Athletic Union competition |
| 1939-48 | Wins national high jump championship every year |
| 1946 | Named to the women's All-America track and field team for 1945 |
| 1946 | Becomes first African-American woman selected for an Olympic team |
| 1948 | Wins gold medal in the high jump at the Olympics, becoming the first black woman to win Olympic gold |
| 1975 | Inducted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame |
| 1996 | Honored as one of the 100 Greatest Olympic Athletes |
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