Monday, July 17, 2017

Trailblazers in Black History: Vonetta Flowers



This video was published on YouTube on December 5, 2012.
 
Olympic Bobsledder Vonetta Flowers recounts her incredible story of becoming the first African American Olympian to win a gold medal at the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Games. Flowers explains how switching dreams from being an Olympic track & field athlete to an Olympic bobsledder changed her life. Flowers was partnered with Jill Bakken to win an Olympic gold at the 2002 Salt Lake Games. 
 
Source: Team USA

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