Athletes: Wyomia Tyus

Womanica - A podcast by iHeartPodcasts and Wonder Media Network

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Wyomia Tyus (1945 - present) is an Olympic athlete who became the first person to win gold in back to back Olympic games. During the 1968 Olympic games, she joined the Olympic Project for Human Rights and protested against global racial inequality along with other Black athletes.

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