Dorothy Dodson
Dorothy Lucille Dodson (March 28, 1919 – June 24, 2003) was a distinguished American track and field athlete whose career spanned the late 1930s through late 1940s; Dodson's specialty was the throwing events. From 1939 to 1949—with the exception of 1940—Dodson participated in every U.S. AAU Outdoor National Championships.
Born in
Like so many amateur athletes of the era, Dodson and her contemporaries were denied an opportunity to compete at the ill-fated 1940 and 1944 Olympic Games; a world at war would have to wait for such things. The crowning achievement of Dodson's career came in 1948, when she represented the
Dodson remains the last United States athlete, male or female, to compete in three throwing events at a single Olympic Games.
Dodson died at the age of 84, in Dunedin, Florida.[3]
References
- ^ "USATF - Statistics".
- ^ "United States Olympic Committee - <%=GetHeadline13220()%>". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
- ^ Sports Reference
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dorothy Dodson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- United States Track and Field
- United States Olympic Committee