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	Wyomia Tyus
		Wyomia Tyus (born August 29, 1945 in Griffin, Georgia) is an American athlete, and the first woman to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m.
		Tyus, from Tennessee State University[?], participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics at age 19.
		Tyus also qualified for the 200 m final, in which she finished sixth.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wy/Wyomia_Tyus.html (202 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Wyomia Tyus (b. 1945) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wyomia Tyus, born in Griffin on August 29, 1945, was the first person to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 100-meter dash.
		In 1963 she won her age group in the 100-yard dash for a second time and competed in her first AAU senior meet, finishing second in the 100-yard dash to Edith McGuire.
		Tyus went on to coach at Beverly Hills High School and was a founding member of the Women's Sports Foundation, for which she also served as an advisory board member.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?path=/SportsRecreation/IndividualandTeamSports/Track&id=h-836 (738 words)

	Wyomia Tyus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wyomia Tyus (born August 29, 1945 in Griffin, Georgia) is an American athlete, and the first woman to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m.
		Tyus, from Tennessee State University, participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics at age 19.
		Tyus also qualified for the 200 m final, in which she finished sixth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wyomia_Tyus (228 words)

	Wyomia Tyus - Wikipedia
		Tyus gewann 1964 und 1968 drei olympische Goldmedaillen.
		In den Jahren darauf gewann Tyus zahlreiche nationale Meistertitel in den Sprintdisziplinen und eine Goldmedaille über 200 Meter bei den Panamerikanischen Spielen.
		Nach den Olympischen Spielen zog sich Tyus vom aktiven Leistungssport zurück.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wyomia_Tyus (231 words)

	Sept. 06 Legends
		Wyomia Tyus, once the fastest woman in the world, arrived four years ahead of schedule.
		And so it was off to Tokyo where Tyus again stunned her coach and thousands of onlookers as she won her preliminary heats and tied Wilma Rudolph's world record for the 100 meters of 11.2 seconds.
		Tyus, who is 61 years old and lives in Los Angeles, was born and raised in Griffin.
	www.bainbridgecity.com /site/page8281.html (717 words)

	Tyus, Wyomia
		Wyomia Tyus was born on August 29, 1945, Griffin, Georgia.
		Tyus made her Olympic debut at the 1965 Games in Tokyo, capturing the gold medal in the 100-meter race and a silver as a member of the 4 × 100-meter relay team.
		Tyus was the world record holder in the 100-meter race from 1964 to 1965 and from 1968 to 1972.
	search.eb.com /women/articles/Tyus_Wyomia.html (208 words)

	Women's Sports Foundation ATHLETES
		Wyomia Tyus was the first Olympic athlete, male or female, ever to successfully defend her sprint title in consecutive Olympic Games.
		As a Tennessee State Tigerbelle, Tyus was a five-time world record holder in the 50-, 60-, 70- and 100-yard dash and sprint.
		Tyus was inducted into the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame in the contemporary category in 1981.
	www.womenssportsfoundation.org /cgi-bin/iowa/athletes/record.html?record=305 (249 words)

	Wyomia Tyus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wyomia Tyus was the first Olympic athlete ever to successfully defend her sprint title in a subsequent Olympiad.
		At the 1964 games in Tokyo, Tyus ran the 100-meter dash in 11.2 seconds in the preliminary heats, tying Wilma Rudolph's world record, and went on to win the gold medal.
		Today, Tyus lives in Los Angeles, where she has worked as a teacher, public relations specialist and TV commentator for track events.
	www.tnstate.edu /library/que/tyus.htm (187 words)

	Wyomia Tyus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Tyus, from Tennessee State University,participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics at age 19.
		The following years, Tyus won numerous national championships in the sprint events, and a gold medal in the 200 m at the Pan-American Games.In 1968, she returned to the Olympics to defend her title in the 100 m.
		Tyus also qualified for the 200 m final, inwhich she finished sixth.
	www.therfcc.org /wyomia-tyus-188213.html (212 words)

	Wyomia Tyus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wyomia made her Olympic debut at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, capturing the gold medal in the 100-metre race and a silver as a member of the 4 × 100-metre relay team.
		She was the world record holder in the 100-meter race from 1964 to 1965 and from 1968 to 1972.
		Wyomia began entering professional track competitions in 1973 and later worked as a television sports commentator.
	multirace.org /firstday/sport14.htm (249 words)

	Tyus, Wyomia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Tyus did win, however, setting a world record of 11.2 seconds in a preliminary race.
		At the United States outdoor national championships Tyus won the 100-yard dash in 1965 and 1966 and the 220-yard dash in 1966.
		At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Tyus repeated her title in the 100-meter race, setting a new world record of 11.08 seconds.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/biographies/MainBiographies/T/tyus/01.html (278 words)

	USATF - Hall of Fame
		Tyus had to run regularly against Edith McGuire, whom she never beat in a race until the 100-meter finals at the 1964 Olympics, where Tyus won the gold medal after tying the world record of former Tigerbelle Wilma Rudolph in the semi-finals.
		Tyus and McGuire were both members of the 4x100m relay team that won a silver medal in Tokyo.
		Tyus capped this victory with another gold medal at the 1968 Olympics to become the first repeat winner in the 100 meters.
	www.usatf.org /HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=175 (239 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wyomia Tyus was born August 29, 1945 in Briffin, Georgia (www.wikipedia.org).
		Tyus, was also a 10-time Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) National Champion and All America in both indoor and outdoor competition.
		She was inducted into the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame in the contemporary category in 1981 (www.womessportfoundation.org), also into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1980 and in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1985 (www.musc.edu).
	www.wvu.edu /~physed/blacksports/fall2002/wyomiatyus.htm (249 words)

	Wyomia Tyus - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Tyus, from Tennessee_State_University, participated in the 1964_Summer_Olympics at age 19.
		In the heats of the event, she equalled Wilma_Rudolph's World Record, propelling her to a favourite for the final, where her main rival would be fellow American Edith_McGuire.
		The following years, Tyus won numerous national championships in the sprint events, and a gold medal in the 200 m at the Pan-American_Games.
	www.indexsuche.com /Wyomia_Tyus.html (233 words)

	CNNSI.com - SI For Women - 100 Greatest Female Athletes - Monday November 29, 1999 02:39 PM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Until the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, 19-year-old Wyomia Tyus had been overshadowed by her Tennessee State teammate Edith McGuire, whom she had never beaten in a race.
		A determined Tyus -- out to prove she wasn't over-the-hill at 23 -- set a world record (11.08) to become the first runner, male or female, to win consecutive Olympic sprint titles.
		Tyus finished her career with three golds and a silver from two Olympic games.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /siforwomen/top_100/43 (300 words)

	Wyomia Tyus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Tyus, from (Click link for more info and facts about Tennessee State University) Tennessee State University, participated in the (Click link for more info and facts about 1964 Summer Olympics) 1964 Summer Olympics at age 19.
		In the heats of the event, she equalled (Click link for more info and facts about Wilma Rudolph) Wilma Rudolph's World Record, propelling her to a favourite for the final, where her main rival would be fellow American (Click link for more info and facts about Edith McGuire) Edith McGuire.
		At the same Olympics, she also won a silver medal with the 4 x 100 m relay team, finishing only behind (A republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II) Poland.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wy/wyomia_tyus.htm (282 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Wyomia Tyus
		Tyus retired from amateur sports after the 1968 Olympics.
		Tyus went on to coach at Beverly Hills High School and was a founding member of the Women's Sports Foundation.
		During the Richard Dawson era of Family Feud, Tyus appeared with her family.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Wyomia_Tyus (335 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Class of 1985
		Tyus is one of the great sprinters in Olympic history.
		She became the first athlete, male or female, to win an Olympic sprint championship twice in a row, as she won the 100 meters in both 1964 and 1968.
		Tyus added medals in the 4x100-meter relay in 1964 (silver) and 1968 (gold).
	www.usolympicteam.com /62_12041.htm (901 words)

	devotions.com: A Time To Heal
		There are a lot of us right here in the community where she was born and raised who never heard of Wyomia Tyus either.
		That is not until we saw her name go up on the sign at the entrance of a new park where a lot of our kids play soccer.
		Wyomia Tyus won gold medals in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games and was the first modern-day Olympic athlete to successfully defend a gold medal in consecutive Olympic Games.
	www.devotions.com /1999/05/time-to-heal.html (634 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Class of 1985
		Tyus is one of the great sprinters in Olympic history.
		She became the first athlete, male or female, to win an Olympic sprint championship twice in a row, as she won the 100 meters in both 1964 and 1968.
		Tyus added medals in the 4x100-meter relay in 1964 (silver) and 1968 (gold).
	www.olympic-usa.org /62_12041.htm (894 words)

	Edith McGuire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Although McGuire's running career was short, she won six AAU titles, in three different events.
		In 1964, she was undeafeted in her favourite event, and went to Tokyo as the main contender for the 200 m gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
		But in the 200 m final, she held off Poland's Irena Kirszenstein to take the gold medal.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/e/ed/edith_mcguire.html (214 words)

	HR1406.html
		Wyomia Tyus, Olympic gold medalist; and for other purposes.
		Wyomia Tyus is the daughter of the late Will Tyus and Marie Holmes Tyus and was born in Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia, on August 29, 1945; and
		Wyomia Tyus, Olympic gold medalist, native of Griffin, Spalding County, and the State of Georgia and express our sincerest appreciation to her for appearing before A.Z. Kelsey Middle School and its students.
	www.legis.state.ga.us /legis/2003_04/fulltext/hr1406.htm (350 words)

	Black History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Tyus attracted national attention as a high-school runner and as an athlete at Tennessee State University (B.A, 1967).
		She continued her dominance in the 100-metre event until 1972.
		The following year Tyus entered professional track competitions and later worked as a television sports commentator.
	search.eb.com /Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=74034 (211 words)

	TSUTigers.com :: Official Tennessee State University Athletics Site
		Wyomia Tyus, class of 1968, was the first Olympic athlete to defend her sprint title in an Olympiad, winning gold in both 1964 and 1968.
		In 1964, she was a member of the 4x100-meter relay team that took a silver medal.
		Tyus also worked with the U.S Olympic Committee and the Black Studies Center at UCLA.
	www.tsutigers.com /fullstory.cfm?id=616&sport=1 (664 words)

	Jet: This week in Black history
		Wyomia Tyus, athlete, became the first woman to win two-straight Olympic 100-meter titles on this day.
		Tyus won her first 100 title at Tokyo in 1964.
		Tyus was elected to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1985.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_18_102/ai_93307008 (317 words)

	tyus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wyomia Tyus, another product of Tennessee State University, won three Olympic gold medals but her greatest claim to fame was being the first woman to win two-straight Olympic 100-meter titles.
		Tyus won her first 100 title at Tokyo in 1964, also getting a silver medal by running on the second-place 4 x 100-meter relay.
		She repeated in the 100 at Mexico City in 1968 and added a gold medal in the 4 x 100 relay, also getting sixth in the 200.
	www.usatf.org /athletes/hof/tyus.asp (158 words)

	Wyomia Tyus
		Tyus USA, 11.08s, Barbara Ferrell USA, 11.15s, Irena Szewinska Poland, 11.19s.
		American who was the FIRST runner - man or woman - to win an Olympic sprint race twice - 1964 when she won the 100m and...
		Wyomia: American sprinter who held the world record for the 100-metre race (1964-65, 1968-72) and was the first person to win the Olympic gold medal...
	www.cordah.co.uk /wyomia_tyus.html (130 words)

	Encyclopedia: Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
		Edith Marie McGuire (born June 3, 1944), later known as Edith McGuire Duvall, is a former American sprinter.
		Irena Szewińska (born 24 May 1946) is a Polish sprinter who dominated womens athletics for nearly two decades.
		Mary Rand (nee Bignal, born 14 February 1940) is a former British athlete.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Olympic-medalists-in-athletics-(women) (5864 words)

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