Madeline Manning
Cleveland, Ohio , U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400–1500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Midland RockHounds Columbus Track Club Cleveland Track Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 400 m – 52.2 (1972) 800 m – 1:57.90 (1976) 1500 m – 4:14.04 (1980) Mile – 4:54.4 (1975) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Madeline Manning Mims (born January 11, 1948) is a former American runner. Between 1967 and 1981 she won ten national titles and set a number of American records. She participated in the
In 1965, while she was a student at John Hay High School in Cleveland, she won her first national title in the 440-yard run at the girls' AAU championships. She was named to the U.S. team that competed in meets against West Germany, the USSR and Poland.[2] From 1967 to 1980, Manning-Mims won 10 national indoor and outdoor titles.[2]
Manning is a graduate of Tennessee State University and a famed member of their TigerBelles. In 1984 she was inducted into the United States National Track and Field Hall of Fame.[2]
Manning is founder and president of the United States Council for Sports Chaplaincy and has been a chaplain at the 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. She also has a ministry through sports and the arts known as Ambassadorship, Inc.
She competed through the mid 1970s under the hyphenated name of Madeline Manning-Jackson.[6] She married John Jackson in 1969 but divorced him by 1970. Her son from that marriage, John Jackson III was the NCAA Triple Jump champion while competing at the University of Oklahoma. After briefly retiring from the sport, she returned running with anger and frustration, to the point that her coach had to train her separately from other athletes on her team and had to ask her to slow down.[7]
In 1976, Jackson released the gospel soul album Madeline: Running for Jesus with NewPax.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Madeline Manning-Jackson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Madeline Manning (Mims). National Track and Field Hall of Fame
- ^ "Greater Cleveland: The Salvation Army, 40 year anniversary Invitation". Archived from the original on February 16, 2009.
- ^ "2005 Inductees, Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame website (accessed August 3, 2010).
- ^ Lynn Jacobsen, "Then and now: Ex-Olympian Madeline Manning Mims gives back by ministering to athletes", Tulsa World, August 3, 2010.
- ISBN 978-1-4381-0778-3.
- ^ Debbie Hanson (2008) Madeline Manning Mims. clevelandwomen.com
External links
Media related to Madeline Manning at Wikimedia Commons
- Madeline Manning-Mims at www.USATF.org
- Madeline Manning (Mims) at the USATF Hall of Fame (archived)
- Madeline Manning-Jackson at Olympedia
- Madeline Manning at Olympics.com