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Barbara Jones (athlete)

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Name
  
Barbara Jones


Role
  
Olympic athlete

Barbara Jones (athlete) Barbara Jones athlete Wikipedia

Born
  
March 26, 1937 (age 86) (
1937-03-26
)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Education
  
Tennessee State University

Olympic medals
  
Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

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Barbara Pearl Jones (later Slater, born March 26, 1937) is a retired American sprinter. She was part of the 4 × 100 m relay teams that won gold medals at the 1952 and 1960 Olympics and at the 1955 and 1959 Pan American Games. At the 1952 Olympics she became the youngest woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics, aged 15 years 123 days. She later became a member of the U.S. Paralympic Games Committee.

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