Mabel Walker (athlete) explained
| Mabel Walker |
| Nationality: | American |
| Sport: | Sprinting |
| Event: | 100 metres |
| Birth Date: | 11 December 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Camden, Alabama, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Forsyth, Georgia, U.S. |
Mabel Walker Thornton (December 11, 1928 – September 10, 2023) was an American sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
Mabel Thornton was born in Camden, in Wilcox County, Alabama,[2] and attended Camden Academy, where she first ran track. She then joined the track team at Tuskegee University, and qualified for the 1948 Olympics after an AAU track meet.[3]
Mabel Walker died in Forsyth, Georgia on September 10, 2023, at the age of 94.[4]
Notes and References
- Mabel Walker Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418055754/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/mabel-walker-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . June 7, 2017.
- Book: Fleming, Cynthia Griggs . In the Shadow of Selma: The Continuing Struggle for Civil Rights in the Rural South . 88 . Rowman & Littlefield . 2004 . 9780742508118.
- News: Former Olympian Mabel Walker Thornton runs all the way to enshrinement in the Mobile Sports Hall of Fame . AL.com . March 3, 2023 . May 9, 2010 . Tommy . Hicks.
- Web site: Inabinett . Mark . Alabama Olympic sprinter dead at age 94 . AL . en . 13 September 2023.
