| LC control no. | n 83125293 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Coachman, Alice |
| Variant(s) | Davis, Alice Coachman |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1923-11-09 |
| Death date | 2014-07-14 |
| Place of birth | Albany (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Albany (Ga.) |
| Field of activity | Track and field |
| Affiliation | Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England) Tuskegee Institute Albany State College |
| Profession or occupation | Olympic athletes Track and field athletes |
| Found in | Data from Beacon Films for Sports profile [MP] 1982 (subj.) (Alice Coachman, high jumper and sprinter) NUCMC data from Fisk University for Alice Coachman Davis papers, 1942-1984 (1948 Olympic high gold medal winner) Biography Resource Center, Dec. 15, 2003 (Alice Coachman; form of name used in Contemporary Black Biography, Contemporary Heroes and Heroines, Great Women in Sports, and Notable Black American Women; married N.F. Davis (divorced); remarried to Frank Davis; Born November 9, 1923, in Albany, GA) Wikipedia, Aug. 6, 2013 (Alice Marie Coachman; American former athlete specializing in high jump, for which she won an Olympic gold medal in 1948, the first African-American woman to do so; represented the Tuskegee Institute) New York times (online), viewed July 15, 2014 (in obituary published July 14: Alice Coachman; b. Alice Marie Coachman, Nov. 9, 1923, Albany, Ga.; d. there Monday [July 14, 2014], aged 90; became the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal when she captured the high jump for the United States at the 1948 London Games) African American National Biography, accessed December 12 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Coachman, Alice; Olympic medalist, track and field athlete; born 09 November 1923 in Near Albany, Georgia, United States; transferred to Albany State College (1947), having earned the nickname the Tuskegee Flash; from 1939 to 1948 she competed in the high jump, 50-meter dash, 100-meter dash, and many relay teams; at Tuskegee she won ten consecutive national outdoor high-jump titles; she was the first African American selected for the All-American team (1946); she jumped 5 feet 6.25 inches, a feat that was both an Olympic and an American record; still, given America's deep segregation and racism, she was not allowed to speak at the ceremony in her honor at the segregated Albany Municipal Auditorium in Georgia; retired from competition (1948); received a degree in Home Economics and Science from Albany State College (1949); honored with memberships in eight halls of fame, including the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, and the Albany Sports Hall of Fame) |
| Associated language | eng |
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