Name Louise Ritter Role Olympic athlete | ||
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Born February 18, 1958 (age 66) ( 1958-02-18 ) Dallas, Texas, U.S. Olympic medals Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump | ||
Education Texas Woman's University | ||
Louise ritter olympic gold medalist talks high jump at the track field coaches clinic of tx
Louise Dorothy Ritter (born February 18, 1958 in Dallas, Texas) is a former track and field athlete from the United States.
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- Louise ritter olympic gold medalist talks high jump at the track field coaches clinic of tx
- 1988 Olympic Womens High Jump
- Biography
- Achievements
- References
1988 Olympic Womens High Jump
Biography
Ritter qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. She did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.
Louise won the gold medal in the women's high jump at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea. In doing so she upset Stefka Kostadinova, the reigning world champion and world record-holder in the event. A graduate from Red Oak High School she now has a street named after her located in her former home town of Red Oak, TX.
She graduated from Texas Woman's University in 1988 where she starred for U.S. Olympic coach Dr. Bert Lyle.
She was Inducted into the Texas Track and Field Coaches Hall of Fame, Class of 2012.
Achievements
Note: During the 1980s, the US Championships and US Olympic trials were separate events.