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Betty Robinson
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athletics competitor (1911-1999)
Key facts
- Born
- Elizabeth R. Robinson , August 23, 1911, Riverdale, Illinois , US
- Died
- May 18, 1999 (1999-05-18) (aged 87), Denver , Colorado , US
- Height
- 5 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (166 cm)
- Weight
- 126 lb (57 kg)
- Website
- bettyrobinson.org
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- Sprint
- Club
- ICCW, Chicago
- Personal best s
- 50 y – 5.8 (1929), 100 m – 12.0 (1928), 200 m – 25.5 (1931)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elizabeth
- Family name
- Robinson
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Riverdale
- Place of death
- Denver
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1928 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 57
- Image
- Betty Robinson 2.jpg
- Height
- 1.66
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1911-08-23
- date of death
- 1999-05-18
- sports discipline competed in
- sprinting
- Commons category
- Betty Robinson
- name in native language
- Betty Robinson
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Elizabeth R. Schwartz (née Robinson; August 23, 1911 – May 18, 1999) was an American athlete and winner of the first Olympic 100 metres for women.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Betty Robinson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.