Vonetta Flowers
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Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | October 29, 1973 Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Johnny Flowers | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vonetta Flowers (Winter Olympics.
Career
Flowers was a star
Winter Olympics. After the Salt Lake City Games, Flowers gave birth to twins and took some time off from the sport. In 2003, she returned to competition with new driver Jean Prahm. Flowers and Prahm competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
, finishing sixth.
Flowers also won the bronze medal in the two-woman event at the
Königssee
. She retired from competition after the 2006 Winter Olympics.
In December 2010, she was elected to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. She was inducted as a member of the Class of 2011 in May.
Since retiring from competition in 2006,[2] Flowers has been living in Jacksonville, Florida with her husband, Johnny, and her three sons.[3]
References
- ^ No Sleep in Helena Alabama : The Events of Helena Alabama: Flowers, Watson and Law Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-30.
- ^ "Vonetta Flowers". Olympics.com.
- ^ Garrison, Greg (7 July 2021). "UAB Olympic gold medalist Vonetta Flowers can't wait for World Games in Birmingham". AL.com.
- 2006 bobsleigh two-woman results
- Bobsleigh two-woman Olympic medalists since 2002 Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Bobsleigh two-woman world championship medalists since 2000
- FIBT profile
- Official website
- United States Olympic Committee profile Archived 2006-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2011