| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women’s Athletics | ||
| Bronze | 1956 Melbourne | 4 × 100 meters |
Margaret Matthews (born 5 August 1935) is an American athlete who mainly competed in the 100 meters.
She competed for United States in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia. Margaret Matthews native Atlantan and captain of the TSU Tigerbelles captured the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 meters with three of her U.S. teammates Mae Faggs, Wilma Rudolph and Isabelle Daniels. Margaret Matthews was the first American woman to leap a record 20 feet in the broad jump. At the 1956 Olympic trials in Washington, D.C., she set an American record of 19 feet, 9½ inches. At the national AAU outdoor meet in 1957, she won the broad jump title in the women's division. In 1958, she set a new American record in the broad jump: 20 feet, one inch. The first person in her family to finish high school, Margaret Matthews Wilburn has devoted 35 years to public education in Memphis. Her son, Barry Todd Wilburn, played professional football in the NFL.