"work has been on display as part the Art of The Olympians (AOTO). She is one of two posthumous members of AOTO, the other being the founder and Olympian, Al Oerter. Florence Griffith Joyner Florence Delorez Griffith–Joyner (born Florence Delorez Griffith; December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998), also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete. She is considered the fastest woman of all time based on the fact that the world records she set in 1988 for both the 100 m and 200 m still stand. During the late 1980s she became a popular figure in"
"Donike, who was at that time considered to be the foremost expert on drugs and sports, failed to discover any banned substances during that testing. De Merode later said: We performed all possible and imaginable analyses on her. We never found anything. There should not be the slightest suspicion. Griffith's nickname among family was ""Dee Dee"". She was briefly engaged to hurdler Greg Foster. In 1987, Griffith married 1984 Olympic triple jump champion Al Joyner, whom Griffith had first met at the 1980 Olympic Trials. Through her marriage to Joyner she was sister-in-law to track and field athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee."
"went on to win a silver medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics. After the 1984 Olympic Games, she spent less time running. Griffith continued to run part-time, winning the 100-meter IAAF Grand Prix Final with the time of 11.00 seconds. She did not compete at the 1985 U.S. National Championship. That same year, she returned to working at a bank and styled hair and nails in her spare time. She married Al Joyner, the Olympic triple jump champion of 1984, in 1987. She returned to athletics in April 1987. Four months later at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Griffith-Joyner"
"Yolanda Griffith Yolanda Evette Griffith (born March 1, 1970) is an American professional basketball hall of fame player who played in both the ABL and WNBA. A former WNBA MVP, she is considered one of the greatest rebounders and defensive players in the history of Women's Basketball. She last played in the WNBA as a member of the Indiana Fever. In 2011, she was voted in by fans as one of the top 15 players in WNBA history. She is sometimes called by her nicknames: ""Yo"" and ""Yo-Yo"". Since retiring from the professional ranks, Griffith was as assistant coach at"
"Gwen Griffiths Gwendolien ""Gwen"" Griffiths (born 30 August 1967) is a retired South African runner who specialized in the 1500 and 5000 metres, later the marathon. She was born in Durban with the surname van Rensburg, then was married Griffiths and later van Lingen. She took the bronze medals in 1500 and 3000 metres at the 1992 African Championships, and a 1500 silver and 3000 gold at the 1993 African Championships. She was selected as Africa's representative in 1500 metres at the 1992 World Cup, and finished fifth there. In 1993 she ran in the heats at the World Championships,"
"Florence LeMar Florence ""Flossie"" LeMar was the stage name of Florence Gardiner (1890 - 1951), an athlete and entertainer who toured throughout New Zealand and Australia during the early years of the 1910s. Little is known of Florence's early life, except that she was born 1890 in Nelson. She spent her formative years in New Zealand and showed special prowess in athletics, becoming both a champion swimmer and skater during her teen years. By 1913 she had married Joe Gardiner, an expatriate German who worked as a professional wrestler. Joe is believed to have coached Florence in the skills of"
"Griffith, Monzon, Benvenuti, Rodriguez, Tiger, Nápoles and Benítez are members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. In 1979–80, he was in Denmark serving as the coach of the Danish Olympic boxing team. In 1971, two months after they met, Griffith married Mercedes ""Sadie"" Donastorg, who was then a member of the dance troupe ""Prince Rupert and the Slave Girls"". Griffith adopted Donastorg's daughter. After retiring from boxing, Griffith worked as a corrections officer at the Secaucus, New Jersey Juvenile Detention Facility. In 1992, Griffith was viciously beaten and almost killed on a New York City street after leaving a"
"series and ""Celebrity Hobbies"" on the D.I.Y. Network. In 2006, Griffith released a CD titled ""Red"", on the Miura label, that features Western dance tunes. The title ""Red"" is her nickname, in honor of her maternal grandfather, James ""Red"" Greene. A landscape painter of the Napa Valley area, she had her first gallery show in San Francisco in 2011. Griffith married Mark Daley on September 17, 2011. He is the president of Ralph Lauren's Asia Division. Tracy Griffith Tracy Lee Griffith (born October 19, 1961) is an American actress and professional sushi chef. Griffith was raised in Bedford, New York,"
"accident in 2004. They were one of the few couples who both held titles in their own right. In July 2009, he married Greta Fenston. He had four children by his first wife: three daughters and one son. He died on 30 May 2015 at the age of 91. Griffiths holds the unique distinction of having been both President of MCC and Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club. At Cambridge University, Griffiths won Blues for cricket in 1946, 1947, and 1948, recording career-best figures of 6 for 129 against Lancashire in 1946. He also made eight appearances in"
"general election, ""sought to communicate information about the Labour Party and that its intention was to persuade constituents to vote accordingly for the sitting party member"". Griffith also apologised for her actions. Griffith is divorced, her former husband was a social worker. In a photo shoot for ""The Independent"" in February 2016, Griffith came out as lesbian, commenting that her sexuality had been known among friends, family and colleagues since the mid-1990s. She was named on the 2017 Pinc List of leading Welsh LGBT figures. Griffith owns a house in Llanelli, a flat in London, and a smallholding in Carmarthenshire"
"because they knew he was named after the Duke of Wellington, whom his father called ""the fightingest of all Irishmen."" The nickname stuck. The Wilson football used in NFL games prior to the AFL merger (1941–69) was nicknamed ""THE DUKE"" after Mara. For the 2006 season and beyond, a new version of ""THE DUKE"" has been used in NFL games. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1997. Mara was married to Ann Mara. His granddaughters include actresses Kate Mara and Rooney Mara. In 2012, Mara was elected into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. Wellington"
"the 3000 metres, achieved in June 1995 in Rome; and 15:08.05 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved at the 1995 World Championships in Göteborg. Her best marathon time was 2:36:25 hours from the 1999 South African Championships in Cape Town. Gwen Griffiths Gwendolien ""Gwen"" Griffiths (born 30 August 1967) is a retired South African runner who specialized in the 1500 and 5000 metres, later the marathon. She was born in Durban with the surname van Rensburg, then was married Griffiths and later van Lingen. She took the bronze medals in 1500 and 3000 metres at the 1992 African Championships, and"
"competing under her married name Ann Griffiths, she achieved her career-best at 800m, running 1:59.81 for fifth in the final at the 1994 European Championships. Outdoor Indoor Ann Williams (athlete) Ann Margaret Griffiths (née Williams; born 20 August 1965) is a retired English athlete who competed in middle-distance events. In the 800 meters, she won a silver medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and finished seventh in the final at the 1991 World Championships, before going on to represent Great Britain in the 1500 metres at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. A member of Sale Harriers Manchester athletics club, Williams won"
"after being caught in a rip off Birdie Beach in the Munmorah State Conservation Area. In 2000, she received an Australian Sports Medal. Vicki Roycroft Victoria ""Vicki"" Roycroft (née Rose, born 17 April 1953) is an Australian equestrian who competed at three Olympic Games. At the 1984 Games she competed in the three-day eventing, whereas at the 1988 and 1996 Games she competed in the show jumping. She also coached at the 1992 Games. In 1987 Roycroft, on her horse Apache, won the Rome Grand Prix, the first Australian and first woman to do so. She was married to fellow"
"used to design Wimbledon clothing; the contract with Polo Ralph Lauren ended in 2015. By tradition, the ""Men's"" and ""Women's"" competitions are referred to as ""Gentlemen's"" and ""Ladies'"" competitions at Wimbledon. The junior competitions are referred to as the ""Boys'"" and ""Girls'"" competitions. Prior to 2009 female players were referred to by the title ""Miss"" or ""Mrs"" on scoreboards. As dictated by strict rule of etiquette, married female players are referred to by their husbands' names: for example, Chris Evert appeared on scoreboards as ""Mrs. J. M. Lloyd"" during her marriage to John Lloyd, since ""Mrs. X"" essentially designates the"
"of tennis enjoyed several years in the limelight before a separation, a short-lived reconciliation, and eventual divorce in 1987. Because of Evert's higher profile tennis career, Lloyd was sometimes jokingly referred to in the press as ""Mr. Evert"". Aware of this negative impact on his psyche, Evert attempted to boost Lloyd's standing by the couple always insisting on being billed or announced as ""International tennis star John Lloyd and his wife Chris"" whenever they made personal appearances together in the UK or Australia. Their biographer Carol Thatcher (a friend of the couple) documented the observation that this was akin to"
"Florence Hackett Florence Hackett (née Florence Hart) (January 1882 – August 21, 1954) was an American film actress in the silent era. She was allegedly married to veteran film star Arthur V. Johnson, reputedly D.W. Griffith's favorite actor. Previously she was married to a man named Maurice Hackett and had two sons, Albert Hackett and Raymond Hackett and a daughter Jeannine Hackett. Hackett was the proverbial stage mother involving her sons first in the theater then in motion pictures. From 1912 she and Johnson played in numerous films together with him directing many of them right up to his 1916"
"was used as a selection trial for Canadian and U.S. Equestrian Teams for the Olympic and World Equestrian Games. Watkins married Charles Fleischmann in February 1981; she competed under his last name in the 1984 Olympics. In 1988 Watkins lost four of her champion horses, including Curragh and Poltroon in a horrific barn fire. She lost most of her competition ribbons, cups and trophies as well as her 1984 Olympic 3-day event medal. In June 1995, Watkins and her partner Erik Fleming purchased a property in Hardwick, Massachusetts, which they named Morningfield Farm. The couple later acquired three adjacent parcels"
"non-profit foundation established in 1998 for implementing and developing projects to support children who have been traumatized by war or other crises. In 2001, Graf indicated that she preferred to be called Stefanie instead of Steffi. Graf was voted the ITF World Champion in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995 and 1996. She was voted the WTA Player Of The Year in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996. She was elected as the German Sportsperson of the Year in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1999. Graf was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004 and"
"Paralympics team in Helsinki, which won 16 out of the 30 medals the USA team won. In 2005 he joined the USATF/ USOC coaching staff and became the full-time USOC high performance jump coach in 2007. He lives in Chula Vista, California. Al Joyner Alfrederick ""Al"" Joyner (born January 19, 1960) is an American former athlete and now coach. He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. He is the 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump. He was also the husband of three-time Olympic gold medalist and world 100 m and 200 m record holder Florence Griffith Joyner"
"the Australian team for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, but Saville Row was injured, and she missed out. She married Greg Rolton, a fellow rider in September 1985. She competed at the 1986 FEI World Equestrian Games on a new horse, Benton's Way. The Australian team came third. A second attempt at Olympic selection in 1988 was also unsuccessful after Rolton dislocated her elbow before the final selection trial. In 1987, Rolton bought a horse for $2,000 that she named Peppermint Grove after Peppermint Grove in Western Australia. She retired Benton's Way after winning the 1988 Australian Championships, and began"
"his playing career as in 2017, McGrattan re-joined the Calgary Flames in an off-ice role as a member of the team's player development staff to offer on and off-ice support for the team's players and prospects. McGrattan married his wife Michelle in 2012. His nickname is ""Big Ern"", after the Bill Murray character ""Big Ern McCracken"" in the movie ""Kingpin"". Sober for four years by the time he began his second tenure with the Flames in 2013, McGrattan had also become a mentor and friend to former Nashville teammate Jordin Tootoo in his own efforts to overcome similar addictions. McGrattan's"
"football team. Federer also credits his hand-eye coordination to the wide range of sports he played as a child, including badminton and basketball. Federer is married to former Women's Tennis Association player Miroslava Federer (née Vavrinec), whom he met while they were both competing for Switzerland at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Usually called Mirka, she retired from the tour in 2002 because of a foot injury. They were married at Wenkenhof Villa in Riehen near Basel on 11 April 2009, surrounded by a small group of close friends and family. In 2009, Mirka gave birth to identical twin girls. The"
"from dead last at the end of the turn to finish a metre behind Ottey-Page and Cook. Brisco-Hoocks accomplished the first 200-400 double in the Olympics. This was the second step of three gold medals in the single games won by Brisco-Hooks. To this point in history only Fanny Blankers-Koen with 4 in 1948, and Betty Cuthbert in 1956 were the only women to have achieved this in Athletics. Four years alter, Griffith under her new married name Florence Griffith-Joyner, would also achieve three golds along with the silver medal in the 4x400 relay. This was the third medal out"
"I wasn't with someone, I was an unhappy girl."" In 1988, after completing rehabilitation, Griffith reconnected with Johnson, and the two remarried on June 26, 1989. On October 4, 1989, Griffith gave birth to her second child, daughter Dakota Johnson, with Don Johnson. After her pregnancy, Griffith began filming the thriller ""Pacific Heights"" (1990), directed by John Schlesinger, in which she portrayed a woman who, along with her husband, becomes embroiled in a dispute with a criminal boarder in their San Francisco home. Critic Roger Ebert gave the film a middling review, and characterized it as ""a horror film for"
"in the 400 metres and a bronze medalist in the long jump at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. She married Dennis Collison, also a Guyanese sprinter. They are the parents of NBA basketball player Darren Collison. She originally came to the United States on a track scholarship to Adelphi University. After earning her MBA, she was CFO for the now closed St. Luke Medical Center in Sierra Madre, California. She is now COO of the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. June Griffith June Marcia Griffith (""married"" Collison) (born June 16, 1957) is a retired Guyanese track and field athlete. She participated in"
"for the BBC's tennis coverage, particularly at Wimbledon. Lloyd is known for his trademark catchphrases, using the analogy of food and drink to describe tennis shots. For example, if a shot is too weak he will claim that it was ""undercooked"" or ""needed more mustard."" Conversely, if a shot is overhit he will describe it as ""overcooked"", having ""too much juice"", or ""having too much mustard."" He worked for Sky Sports on their coverage of the US Open 2009. In 1979, Lloyd married the World No. 1 woman player, American Chris Evert (who became Chris Evert-Lloyd). The media-styled ""golden couple"""
"suffered from asthma throughout her life. Her athletic career came to a sudden end at the 1988 Olympic Trials when she ruptured her Achilles tendon just moments after teammate Florence Griffith Joyner set the still standing World Record in the 100 metres. It was one of the most heartbreaking memories for her coach Bob Kersee. Unable to run with the same intensity as before, she applied her efforts to coaching, initially as an assistant coach at UCLA under Kersee. Between 1994 & 2012, Coach Bolden has developed over 50 UCLA NCAA All-Americans in the sprints, hurdles and relays. Bolden is"
"pentathlete Helen Frith, who under her married name of Searle is also a multiple masters world record holder. Ruth Pursehouse was born in Goulburn, New South Wales. She attended Goulburn High School, a NSW selective school, and won the state title in the 100 yard dash at the Sydney Cricket Ground. She played field hockey as a girl. It was on a hockey trip to Dubbo that she met her future husband Ray Frith. They were married in 1936. She became active in sports administration as a young girl. An accomplished musician with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, she served"
"they named Leo and Lennart. Mirka Federer Miroslava ""Mirka"" Federer (born Miroslava Vavrincová on 1 April 1978, later Miroslava Vavrinec) is a Slovak-born Swiss former professional tennis player. She reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 76 on 10 September 2001 and a doubles ranking of No. 215 on 24 August 1998. She is the wife of tennis player Roger Federer, having first met him at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She retired from the game in 2002 due to a persistent foot injury. She has since then regularly been seen on the ATP Tour, attending her husband's matches."
"1982–83 and 1983–84 winters, she competed as ""Karin Enke"" again. After marrying her longtime former trainer Rudolf Kania in 1984, she competed as ""Karin Kania"" for the rest of her speed skating career. After her career had ended, she divorced and married again and became ""Karin Enke-Richter"". Like several other female East German skaters who got married after the season had ended (and several of them more than once over the course of their careers), Enke caused some confusion among the speed skating public when she—a skater with a name unfamiliar to them—suddenly won major titles in her ""first"" season."
"career high of world No. 1 in 1961. Mortimer was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1993. On 27 July 2014, she received the Freedom of the Borough of Merton. SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played Angela Mortimer Florence Angela Margaret Mortimer Barrett (""née"" Mortimer; born 21 April 1932) is a former world No. 1 female tennis player from England. She was born in Plymouth, Devon, England. She is married to the veteran BBC commentator and author John Barrett. Mortimer won three Grand"
"42.2 km 2:27 SA Champs, 1990 50 km 3:08 City to City, 1989 She married Michael Ivan Agliotti (b. 2 January 1957, d 25 May 1997) on 22 April 1995. She started studying at University of the Witwatersrand. She is a teacher. She is currently teaching in Benoni South Africa in 2012 she was honoured as Benoni Northerns Sports Club's best ever sportsperson In 2013 she was inducted into the Gsport Hall of Fame. Frith van der Merwe Frith van der Merwe (born 26 May 1964) is a South African long-distance athlete. She competed in the South African ultramarathon, the"