Personal

Daughter of Robert and Florence Griffith...One of five children...Began running at age 7...Won the Jesse Owens National Youth Games at age 14...1992 NCAA champion in 200-meter at UCLA...Named Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press and Athlete of the Year by Track and Field Magazine in 1988...Appointed co-chair of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness in 1993...Inducted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame...Mother to one daughter, Mary.

Olympic Experience

2-time Olympian; 5-time Olympic medalist (3 gold, 2 silver)

Olympic Games Seoul 1988, gold (100m - Women, 200m - Women, 4 x 100m Relay - Women), silver (4 x 400m Relay - Women)
Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984, silver (200m - Women)

World Championships Experience

Most recent: 1987 – gold (4 x 100m Relay - Women), silver (200m - Women)
Years of participation: 200m - Women 1983, 1987; 4 x 100m Relay - Women 1987;
Medals: 2 (1 gold, 1 silver)

Gold – 1987 (4 x 100m Relay - Women);
Silver – 1987 (200m - Women);

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