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Vonetta Flowers - the first black Winter Olympic champion
Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 00:08:59
Publish Date: 2022-02-03 09:07:00
Description: Vonetta Flowers became the first black athlete to win a Winter Olympic gold, when her US pair won the two-woman Bobsleigh event in 2002. Flowers started her career as a sprinter and long-jumper, but switched to bobsledding after failing to make the American summer Olympic team. She was a natural for the brake-woman role and formed a successful team with driver, Jill Bakken. Vonetta Flowers speaks to Iain Mackness. The programme is a Made-In-Manchester Production. PHOTO: Vonetta Flowers celebrating her Olympic victory in 2002 (Getty Images)
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