Alice Coachman

Alice Marie Coachman (November 9, 1923 – July 14, 2014) was an American athlete. She specialized in high jump. She was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal. In 2002 she was designated a Women's History Month Honoree by the National Women's History Project.

References

Other websites
Alice Coachman's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project
 Alice Coachman  (Entry in the New Georgia Encyclopedia)

Category:1923 births
Category:2014 deaths
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States
Category:Deaths from cardiac arrest
Category:Sportspeople from Georgia (U.S. state)