One of the greatest Olympic comeback stories you've never heard.

Elizabeth Robinson

"Hero? I didn't think about anything like that.

I just wanted to win the race."

-Elizabeth "Babe" Robinson

Quick Facts

She was the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in Track and Field.
She transformed tragedy into triumph winning a second gold medal in the 1936 Olympic Games.
At the age of 84, she carried the Olympic Torch as it blazed a path toward Atlanta, GA for the 1996 Olympic Games.

THIS IS HER LEGACY

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