Vonetta Flowers

American athlete

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In bobsledding
…went to Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers of the United States. Flowers was the first black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal at the Winter Games.
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In Olympic Games: Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., 2002
…Lake Games also saw bobsledder Vonetta Flowers become the first black athlete to win a Winter gold medal. Canadian hockey player Jarome Iginla then became the first black male athlete to win Winter gold, and short-track speed skater Yang Yang became the first Chinese athlete to win a gold medal…
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In Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Winter Games
…Lake Games also saw bobsledder Vonetta Flowers become the first black athlete to win a Winter gold medal. Canadian hockey player Jarome Inigla then became the first black male athlete to win Winter gold, and short-track speed skater Yang Yang became the first Chinese athlete to win a gold medal…
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