Born:23 August 1911

Deceased:18 May 1999

Birthplace:Riverdale (United States)

Nationality:United States

Sport:Athletics

ATTENDANCE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Amsterdam 1928

Berlin 1936

AWARDS

Olympic medals:

Gold: 2

Silver: 1

The Runner Who Returned From the Dead

Betty Robinson was a 16-year-old student who did not know she was a good runner until a teacher spotted her running after a train and timed her in a corridor back at school. Robinson competed in her first meet only four months before the 1928 Olympics. In her first outdoor meet, she set a world record for 100m. The 1928 100m was the first women's track event to be contested in Olympic history. Robinson won the final by half a metre in what was only her fourth track meet ever. She also earned a silver medal in the 4x100m relay. Three years after her Olympic triumph, Robinson was badly injured in an airplane crash. The man who found her thought she was dead, so he put her in his car trunk and drove her to a mortician. She was unconscious for seven weeks and she could not walk normally for two years…but she did survive. Robinson wanted to return to competitive sprinting, but she was no longer able to bend her leg fully at the knee, so she could not assume the crouched starting position. She could, however, run in relays. In 1936, Betty Robinson won a second gold medal as a member of the U.S. 4x100m relay team.

　　生日：1911年8月23日

　　逝世：1999年5月18日

　　出生地：马里兰，美国

　　国籍:美国

　　项目:田径

　　参加奥运会时间：

　　1928年荷兰阿姆斯特丹夏季奥运会

　　1936年德国柏林夏季奥运会

　　奥运成绩:

　　金牌2 枚

　　银牌1 枚

　　从死亡线上回来的奥运冠军

　　伊丽莎白-罗宾逊在年轻的时候并没有意识到自己的跑步天分，直到16岁的时候，一位学校老师看到她以飞快的速度跑着追公车的情形，要求她在学校的走廊测试百米成绩，才发现这位短跑天才运动员。1928年荷兰阿姆斯特丹夏季奥运会开幕前四个月，罗宾逊才开始参加田径训练，在第一次参加室外比赛中，她就打破100米世界纪录。这届奥运会上，女子100米比赛第一次被列为奥运正式比赛项目。罗宾逊以12.2秒的成绩平自己创造的世界纪录夺得奥运会史上第一面女子田径金牌，在荷兰，她还在4x100米接力比赛中夺取银牌。在创造奥运辉煌三年后，罗宾逊在一次飞机事故中严重受伤，当被救援人们发现的时候，罗宾逊已经奄奄一息，七个星期后，她才恢复知觉，两年后，她才能正常行走，但她活了过来，她又再度走进田径场，慢慢练习，并且也恢复参加比赛。因为膝盖无法弯曲，她无法蹲下来起跑，不能参加短跑比赛，只能参加接力赛比赛，奇迹再一次上演，1936年德国柏林奥运会上，罗宾逊参加了接力比赛，并且获得一枚金牌。

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