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American sprinter
Aeriwentha ("Mae") Faggs Starr (April 10, 1932 in
Mays Landing, New Jersey – January 27, 2000 in
Cincinnati ) was an American athlete who mainly competed in the sprint events. She graduated from
Bayside High School , and then went to
Tennessee State University to run under Hall of Fame coach
Ed Temple .
She competed for the United States in the
1952 Summer Olympics held in
Helsinki ,
Finland where she won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay with her teammates
Barbara Jones ,
Janet Moreau and
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
USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the
100-yard dash , in 10.8, record time.
[2]
USATF reports her personal record as 10.70, though
fully automatic timing was extremely rare and only experimental during her career. She repeated winning the
100 metres the following year in 11.7. She also won the
200 metres or 220 yards three times in a row, 1954–1956.
[3] Indoors, she won the 220 yard dash six times between 1949 (as a 16-year-old) and 1956, equalling
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
Princeton High School in
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.
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1928 :
Bobbie Rosenfeld ,
Ethel Smith ,
Jane Bell ,
Myrtle Cook (
CAN )
1932 :
Mary Carew ,
Evelyn Furtsch ,
Annette Rogers ,
Wilhelmina von Bremen (
USA )
1936 :
Harriet Bland ,
Annette Rogers ,
Betty Robinson ,
Helen Stephens (
USA )
1948 :
Xenia Stad-de Jong ,
Netti Witziers-Timmer ,
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs ,
Fanny Blankers-Koen (
NED )
1952 :
Mae Faggs ,
Barbara Jones ,
Janet Moreau ,
Catherine Hardy (
USA )
1956 :
Shirley Barbara de la Hunty ,
Norma Croker ,
Fleur Mellor ,
Betty Cuthbert (
AUS )
1960 :
Martha Hudson ,
Lucinda Williams ,
Barbara Jones ,
Wilma Rudolph (
USA )
1964 :
Teresa Ciepły ,
Irena Kirszenstein ,
Halina Górecka ,
Ewa Kłobukowska (
POL )
1968 :
Barbara Ferrell ,
Margaret Bailes ,
Mildrette Netter ,
Wyomia Tyus (
USA )
1972 :
Christiane Krause ,
Ingrid Mickler ,
Annegret Richter ,
Heide Rosendahl (
FRG )
1976 :
Marlies Göhr ,
Renate Stecher ,
Carla Bodendorf ,
Bärbel Wöckel (
GDR )
1980 :
Romy Müller ,
Bärbel Wöckel ,
Ingrid Auerswald ,
Marlies Göhr (
GDR )
1984 :
Alice Brown ,
Jeanette Bolden ,
Chandra Cheeseborough ,
Evelyn Ashford (
USA )
1988 :
Alice Brown ,
Sheila Echols ,
Florence Griffith Joyner ,
Evelyn Ashford ,
Dannette Young (
USA )
1992 :
Evelyn Ashford ,
Esther Jones ,
Carlette Guidry ,
Gwen Torrence ,
Michelle Finn (
USA )
1996 :
Gail Devers ,
Inger Miller ,
Chryste Gaines ,
Gwen Torrence ,
Carlette Guidry (
USA )
2000 :
Savatheda Fynes ,
Chandra Sturrup ,
Pauline Davis-Thompson ,
Debbie Ferguson ,
Eldece Lewis (
BAH )
2004 :
Tayna Lawrence ,
Sherone Simpson ,
Aleen Bailey ,
Veronica Campbell ,
Beverly McDonald (
JAM )
2008 :
Olivia Borlée ,
Hanna Mariën ,
Élodie Ouédraogo ,
Kim Gevaert (
BEL )
2012 :
Tianna Madison ,
Allyson Felix ,
Bianca Knight ,
Carmelita Jeter ,
Jeneba Tarmoh ,
Lauryn Williams (
USA )
2016 :
Tianna Bartoletta ,
Allyson Felix ,
Tori Bowie ,
English Gardner ,
Morolake Akinosun (
USA )
2020 :
Briana Williams ,
Elaine Thompson-Herah ,
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ,
Shericka Jackson ,
Natasha Morrison ,
Remona Burchell (
JAM )
1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992 The Athletics Congress 1993–present USA Track & Field Notes
OT : 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
2020 OT : The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic .
Distance : The event was over 100 yards until 1927; from 1929 to 1931, 1955, 1957 to 1958, 1961 to 1962, 1965 to 1966, 1969 to 1970 and 1973 to 1974.
1926–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes
OT : 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.
Distance :The event was over 220 yards until 1932, 1955, 1957-8, 1961-3, 1965-6, 1969-70 and 1973-4
2020 OT : The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic .
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