Mae Faggs
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Representing the  United States
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1952 Helsinki | 4x100 metres relay |
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1956 Melbourne | 4x100 metres relay |
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1955 Mexico City | 4×100 metre |
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1955 Mexico City | 100 metres |
Aeriwentha ("Mae") Faggs Starr (April 10, 1932 in
Bayside High School, and then went to Tennessee State University to run under Hall of Fame coach Ed Temple
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She competed for the United States in the
Catherine Hardy. Four years later she went to the Melbourne 1956 Games as the sole returnee from the 1952 Games relay team, and teamed up with Margaret Matthews, Wilma Rudolph and Isabelle Daniels but failed to retain the title, only managing to come away with the bronze medal.[1]
In 1955, she won the
Stella Walsh (who was later determined to be of ambiguous gender) for the most championships by an individual athlete in that event.[3]
For many years, Mae taught athletics at
Cincinnati, Ohio, and led the Princeton High School girls' track and field team to the Ohio championship in 1989.[4]
In 1976, she was elected into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.[5]
She died on January 27, 2000, at her home in Woodlawn, Ohio, at age 67 due to cancer.[6]
References
- ^ Black Olympian Medalists, Page, James A., introduction by Reynold s. ONeal, track and field statistician (consultant). 1991 by Libraries Unlimited, Inc.
- ^ "USATF - Statistics - USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ^ a b "USATF - Statistics - USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
- ^ "Mae Faggs Starr Woman athlete running into US history". usatf.org. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "Mae Faggs". usatf.org. USA Track & Field, Inc. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- ^ Goldsteign, Richard. "Mae Faggs Starr, Champion and Track Mentor, Dies at 67". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
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