zaharias

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outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956)
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
or Babe Didrikson orig. Mildred Ella Didrikson born June 26, 1914, Port Arthur, Texas, U.S. died Sept. 27, 1956, Galveston, Texas U.S. athlete who excelled in several sports. She became a remarkable performer in basketball and track and field and later a leading golfer. In 1930-31 she was a member of the women's All-America basketball team. In national track-and-field competition in 1930-32, she won eight events and tied for a ninth. In the 1932 Olympics she won gold medals in the 80-m hurdles and javelin throw; she was deprived of the high-jump gold medal for using a then-unorthodox method. As a golfer from 1946, she won numerous championships, including the U.S. and British women's amateur tournaments (1946, 1947) and the U.S. Women's Open (1948, 1950, 1954)
Mildred Zaharias
a US woman golfer and a gold medal winner for the javelin and 100 metres hurdles race in the 1932 Olympic Games. She was one of the greatest golfers of all-time, winning the British championship and three US Opens in the 1940s and 1950s (1911-56)