Olympian Jesse Owens dominated the 1936 Olympics with four track and field gold medals in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, the long jump, and the 4 x 100-meter relay. [more]

Tuskegee Institute track star Alice Coachman was the first black female athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. At the 1948 London Olympics, Coachman set an Olympic record in the [more]

Oneonta native Bryan Kirkland is a gold medal US Paralympian. He was a member of the 2000 and 2008 gold medal teams in wheelchair rugby and won bronze in 2004. [more]

Birmingham native Vonetta Flowers is an American bobsledder. Originally a track and field star, in 2000 she turned her attention to bobsledding and quickly became the top brake woman in [more]