track and field athletes

A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.

A biography of the track and field champion who has won Olympic gold medals in both the long jump and the heptathlon.

A biography of the New Jersey son of track-coach parents, holder of world records as a sprinter and long jumper, who won the Jesse Owens Award in 1982 and three medals in Helsinki in 1983.

A simple biography of the noted African-American track star who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

An overview of the athletic accomplishments of the track star who has been called the "first lady of the heptathlon.".