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{{Short description|American athlete (1939–2007)}} |
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{{Infobox sportsperson |
{{Infobox sportsperson |
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| name = Willye White |
| name = Willye White |
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|image=Willye White 1964.jpg |
|image=Willye White 1964.jpg |
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| image_size =250px |
| image_size =250px |
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|caption=White running at the [[1964 Summer Olympics]] |
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| birth_date = {{birth-date|December 31, 1939}} |
| birth_date = {{birth-date|December 31, 1939}} |
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| birth_place = [[Money, Mississippi]], U.S. |
| birth_place = [[Money, Mississippi]], U.S. |
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|event=Sprint, long jump |
|event=Sprint, long jump |
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|coach=[[Ed Temple]] |
|coach=[[Ed Temple]] |
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|club=Mayor Daley Youth Foundation, Chicago<ref name=sr> |
|club=Mayor Daley Youth Foundation, Chicago<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/willye-white-1.html |title=Willye White |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173607/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/willye-white-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> |
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|pb=100 m – 11.5 (1964)<br> LJ – 6.55 m (1964) |
|pb=100 m – 11.5 (1964)<br> LJ – 6.55 m (1964) |
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| show-medals = yes |
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'''Willye Brown White''' (December 31, 1939 – February 6, 2007)<ref name=WillyeWhyteObit>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/07/sports/othersports/07white.html | agency=New York Times | title=Willye B. White, the First 5-Time U.S. Track Olympian, Dies at 67 | first=Frank | last=Litzky | date=February 7, 2007 | access-date=May 3, 2012}}</ref> was an American track and field athlete who took part in five Olympics from 1956 to 1972. She was America's best female long jumper of the time and also competed in the 100 meters sprint. White was a [[Tennessee State University]] Tigerbelle under Coach [[Ed Temple]]. |
'''Willye Brown White''' (December 31, 1939 – February 6, 2007)<ref name=WillyeWhyteObit>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/07/sports/othersports/07white.html | agency=New York Times | title=Willye B. White, the First 5-Time U.S. Track Olympian, Dies at 67 | first=Frank | last=Litzky | date=February 7, 2007 | access-date=May 3, 2012}}</ref> was an American track and field athlete who took part in five Olympics from 1956 to 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Willye B. White's Biography |url=https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/willye-b-white-39 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=The HistoryMakers |language=en}}</ref> She was America's best female long jumper of the time and also competed in the 100 meters sprint. White was a [[Tennessee State University]] Tigerbelle under Coach [[Ed Temple]]. An [[African-American]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesportsfanjournal.com/sports/olympics/willye-whites-legacy-lives-on/|title=From the Mississippi Delta to Olympic Glory: Willye White's Legacy Lives on|date=16 February 2017}}</ref> White was the first U.S. athlete to compete in track in five Olympics. |
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The above picture is of team mate Marilyn White.<ref>http://www.thesportsfanjournal.com/sports/olympics/willye-whites-legacy-lives-on/</ref> |
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White is an inductee in the United States Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Maddie |date=2019-07-21 |title=Willye White - U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame |url=https://usopm.org/willye-white/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> A public park in Chicago is named in her honor.<ref name=cbs/><ref>{{Cite web |title=White (Willye B.) Park |url=https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/white-willye-b-park |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=Chicago Park District}}</ref> |
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==Athletic career== |
==Athletic career== |
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During her career White won 13 national indoor and outdoor titles and set seven U.S. records in the long jump. Her last record of 6.55 m stood from 1964 until 1972.<ref name=sr/> She was a member of more than 30 international track and field teams and won a dozen Amateur Athletic Union long jump titles in her career, according to [[USA Track & Field]], which inducted her into its hall of fame in 1981 — one of her 11 sports hall of fame inductions. In 1999, [[Sports Illustrated for Women]] named her one of the 100 greatest women athletes in the 20th century. |
During her career White won 13 national indoor and outdoor titles and set seven U.S. records in the long jump. Her last record of 6.55 m stood from 1964 until 1972.<ref name=sr/> She was a member of more than 30 international track and field teams and won a dozen Amateur Athletic Union long jump titles in her career, according to [[USA Track & Field]], which inducted her into its hall of fame in 1981 — one of her 11 sports hall of fame inductions. In 1999, [[Sports Illustrated for Women]] named her one of the 100 greatest women athletes in the 20th century. |
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==Biography== |
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Born in [[Money, Mississippi]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Wiggins|first=David K.|title=African Americans in Sports|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aYKsBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA401|date=26 March 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-47744-0|page=401}}</ref> and raised by her grandparents, she picked [[cotton]] to help her family earn money, while at the same time competing in sports. A longtime [[Chicago]]-area resident, she credited her experience as an athlete with allowing her to see beyond the [[racism]] and hatred that surrounded her as a child.<ref name=sr/> |
Born in [[Money, Mississippi]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Wiggins|first=David K.|title=African Americans in Sports|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aYKsBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA401|date=26 March 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-47744-0|page=401}}</ref> and raised by her grandparents, she picked [[cotton]] to help her family earn money, while at the same time competing in sports. A longtime [[Chicago]]-area resident, she credited her experience as an athlete with allowing her to see beyond the [[racism]] and hatred that surrounded her as a child.<ref name=sr/> |
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White moved to Chicago in 1960 and became a nurse, first at [[Cook County Hospital]], then at the Greenwood Medical Center. In 1965 she got a job of a public health administrator at the Chicago Health Department, and in 1976 earned a bachelor's degree from Chicago State University. In those years White was active as an athletics coach, preparing the national team to the 1981 World Cup and 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival. In 1990, she founded WBW Hang on Productions, a sports and fitness consultancy, and in 1991 the Willye White Foundation. The Foundation aimed to help children and included an after-school program, a summer day-camp and healthcare.<ref name=sr/> |
White moved to Chicago in 1960 and became a nurse, first at [[Cook County Hospital]], then at the Greenwood Medical Center. In 1965 she got a job of a public health administrator at the Chicago Health Department, and in 1976 earned a bachelor's degree from [[Chicago State University]]. In those years White was active as an athletics coach, preparing the national team to the 1981 World Cup and 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival. In 1990, she founded WBW Hang on Productions, a sports and fitness consultancy, and in 1991 the Willye White Foundation. The Foundation aimed to help children and included an after-school program, a summer day-camp and healthcare.<ref name=sr/> She also served as director of the [[Chicago Park District]].<ref name=cbs>{{Cite news |date=2023-02-22 |title=Chicago Park District celebrating key Black history makers |language=en-US |publisher=CBS |publication-place=Chicago |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/black-history-month-chicago-park-district/ |access-date=2023-02-22}}</ref> |
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White died of [[pancreatic cancer]] at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to Sarah Armantrout, a longtime friend who was with White when she died. |
White died of [[pancreatic cancer]] at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to Sarah Armantrout, a longtime friend who was with White when she died. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* {{sports links}} |
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* {{Team USA Hall of Fame|new_id=willye-white}} |
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| ⚫ | * {{youTube|lQJZuNFNHA4|[[British Pathe]] footage of an indoor meet including Willye White}} |
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{{Footer Pan American Champions Long Jump Women}} |
{{Footer Pan American Champions Long Jump Women}} |
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[[Category:American female sprinters]] |
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[[Category:American female long jumpers]] |
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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics]] |
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[[Category:Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]] |
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[[Category:Tennessee State Lady Tigers track and field athletes]] |
[[Category:Tennessee State Lady Tigers track and field athletes]] |
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[[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] |
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[[Category:Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics]] |
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[[Category:20th-century African-American women]] |
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White running at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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| Born | December 31, 1939 (1939-12-31) Money, Mississippi, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | February 6, 2007 (2007-02-07) (aged 67) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprint, long jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Mayor Daley Youth Foundation, Chicago[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ed Temple | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m – 11.5 (1964) LJ – 6.55 m (1964) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Willye Brown White (December 31, 1939 – February 6, 2007)[2] was an American track and field athlete who took part in five Olympics from 1956 to 1972.[3] She was America's best female long jumper of the time and also competed in the 100 meters sprint. White was a Tennessee State University Tigerbelle under Coach Ed Temple. An African-American,[4] White was the first U.S. athlete to compete in track in five Olympics.
White is an inductee in the United States Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame.[5] A public park in Chicago is named in her honor.[6][7]
White was a 16-year-old sophomore in high school when she won a silver medal in the long jump in the 1956 games in Melbourne, Australia. It marked the first time an American woman ever won a medal in that event. She won her second silver medal in 1964 as a member of the 400-meter relay team, along with Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White and Edith McGuire.[1]
During her career White won 13 national indoor and outdoor titles and set seven U.S. records in the long jump. Her last record of 6.55 m stood from 1964 until 1972.[1] She was a member of more than 30 international track and field teams and won a dozen Amateur Athletic Union long jump titles in her career, according to USA Track & Field, which inducted her into its hall of fame in 1981 — one of her 11 sports hall of fame inductions. In 1999, Sports Illustrated for Women named her one of the 100 greatest women athletes in the 20th century.
Born in Money, Mississippi,[8] and raised by her grandparents, she picked cotton to help her family earn money, while at the same time competing in sports. A longtime Chicago-area resident, she credited her experience as an athlete with allowing her to see beyond the racism and hatred that surrounded her as a child.[1]
White moved to Chicago in 1960 and became a nurse, first at Cook County Hospital, then at the Greenwood Medical Center. In 1965 she got a job of a public health administrator at the Chicago Health Department, and in 1976 earned a bachelor's degree from Chicago State University. In those years White was active as an athletics coach, preparing the national team to the 1981 World Cup and 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival. In 1990, she founded WBW Hang on Productions, a sports and fitness consultancy, and in 1991 the Willye White Foundation. The Foundation aimed to help children and included an after-school program, a summer day-camp and healthcare.[1] She also served as director of the Chicago Park District.[6]
White died of pancreatic cancer at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to Sarah Armantrout, a longtime friend who was with White when she died.
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 Annie Smith (USA) Willye White (USA) Irene Martínez (CUB) Brenda Eisler (CAN) Ana Alexander (CUB) Kathy McMillan (USA) Kathy McMillan (USA) Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) Diane Guthrie-Gresham (JAM) Niurka Montalvo (CUB) Maurren Maggi (BRA) Alice Falaiye (CAN) Maurren Maggi (BRA) Maurren Maggi (BRA) Christabel Nettey (CAN) Chantel Malone (IVB) Natalia Linares (COL) |
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