Wyomia Tyus is an American former sprinter, born in 1945, who won gold in the 100 metres at both the 1964 Tokyo and 1968 Mexico City Olympics, becoming the first sprinter to retain the Olympic 100 metre title across consecutive Games, an achievement since matched by Carl Lewis, Gail Devers, Usain Bolt and others. She also won gold in the 4x100 metre relay at the 1968 Games and silver in the relay in 1964, and after retiring became a founding member of the Women's Sports Foundation and published a memoir, Tigerbelle: The Wyomia Tyus Story, in 2018.
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Career HighlightWyomia Tyus was the first person to retain the Olympic 100 metres title, at the 1964 and 1968 Games. 1 Classification
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What made Wyomia Tyus's 100 metres win at the Olympics historic?
She was the first athlete of either sex to successfully defend an Olympic 100 metre title.
Olympedia states that she was the first athlete, male or female, to successfully defend an Olympic 100 metre title. She won the title in 1964 with a world record of 11.2 seconds and later won it again.
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Wyomia Tyus (pronunciation: why-o-mi; born August 29, 1945) is a retired American track and field sprinter, and the first person to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m (a feat since duplicated by Carl Lewis, Gail Devers, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Usain Bolt, and Elaine Thompson-Herah).
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Wyomia Tyus (pronunciation: why-o-mi; born August 29, 1945) is a retired American track and field sprinter, and the first person to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m (a feat since duplicated by Carl Lewis, Gail Devers, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Usain Bolt, and Elaine Thompson-Herah).
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Wyomia Tyus (pronunciation: why-o-mi; born August 29, 1945) is a retired American track and field sprinter, and the first person to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m (a feat since duplicated by Carl Lewis, Gail Devers, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Usain Bolt, and Elaine Thompson-Herah).
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Wyomia Tyus (pronunciation: why-o-mi; born August 29, 1945) is a retired American track and field sprinter, and the first person to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m (a feat since duplicated by Carl Lewis, Gail Devers, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Usain Bolt, and Elaine Thompson-Herah).
Competed In: 1964 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
Tyus, from Tennessee State University, participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics at age 19.
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