Helen Stephens - Wikipedia
WEBHelen Herring Stephens (February 3, 1918 – January 17, 1994) was an American athlete and a double Olympic champion in 1936.
Fulton Flash: The Extraordinary Life of Helen Stephens - Nine PBS
WEBOct 26, 2023 · The track star known as the Fulton Flash won gold at the 1936 summer Olympics in Berlin. She became a role model and supporter of women’s sports despite questions about her gender and her personal life. Today, Helen holds a …
NGA’s Olympian: Librarian was two-time gold medalist, world …
WEBRead about Helen Stephens, an NGA librarian who won two Olympic gold medals, was a confidante to Jesse Owens, resisted the romantic advances of Adolf Hitler and was an adviser to President Jimmy Carter.
Helen Stephens | Olympic Gold, Track & Field | Britannica
WEBHelen Stephens was an American runner who won two gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and was undefeated in official competition. Known as the Fulton Flash, Stephens had won nine Amateur Athletic Union track-and-field titles by the age of 18.
Helen Stephens' biographer shares insight to the Olympian's life
WEBSep 26, 2014 · Stephens, a country girl from Fulton, sped past her two main competitors and set a U.S. record in the 50-meter dash of 6.6 seconds. Hanson said a reporter yelled to Stephens: "Do you know what you've just done?" "I think I won," Stephens replied. After high school, Stephens' father wanted her to work in a shoe factory, but she had other plans.
Helen Stephens - Olympedia
WEBJan 17, 1994 · In her very first race, just a few days after her 17th birthday, Helen Stephens of Fulton High School (Missouri) equalled the world indoor record for 50m and beat the reigning Olympic 100m champion, Stella Walsh.
Helen Stephens - Encyclopedia.com
WEBHelen Stephens (1918-1994) was only a teenager when she became an track star, winning two gold medals in the 1936 Olympic Games. She set world, Olympic, American, and Canadian records in running, broad jump, and discus.
Helen Stephens - SHSMO Historic Missourians
WEBJan 17, 1994 · On August 4, 1936, eighteen-year-old Helen Stephens set the Olympic world record for the 100-meter event at 11.5 seconds. Her record stood for twenty-four years until Wilma Rudolph beat it in the 1960 Olympics.
Helen Stephens, the Indomitable Fulton Flash | Missouri Historical …
WEBHelen Stephens, the Fulton Flash, wasn't just a talented athlete. She was a business owner, an advocate, a mentor, and had a long-term relationship with a female partner.
The Life of Helen Stephens: The Fulton Flash | SHSMO
WEBThe Life of Helen Stephens recounts Stephens’ international career and the personal obstacles she overcame as a poor farm girl on scholarship to an upper-class private women’s college, as a female athlete in the male-dominated realm of athletics, and as a closeted lesbian in the worldwide spotlight. Through her spirited retelling of ...
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