Vonetta Flowers
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| Olympic medalist | |||
 Vonetta Flowers |
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| Women’s Bobsled | |||
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| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | Bobsled | |
Vonetta Flowers (born Vonetta Jeffery October 29, 1973 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American bobsledder and athlete. Flowers was a star sprinter and long jumper at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and originally aspired to make the U.S. Summer Olympic Team. After several failed attempts, Flowers turned to bobsledding, and found success as a brakewoman almost immediately. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, she, along with driver Jill Bakken, won the gold medal in the two-woman bobsled, becoming the first black person to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics. After the Salt Lake City Games, Flowers gave birth to twins and took some time off from the sport. In 2003, she returned to competition with new driver Jean Prahm. Flowers and Prahm competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, finishing sixth.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Vonetta Flowers' U.S. Olympic Team bio ... with notes, quotes, photos
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