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Message: [QUOTE="JRRRJ, post: 4364492, member: 1303"] How about Babe Didrikson Zaharias? Representing her company in the 1932 AAU Championships, she competed in eight out of ten events, winning five outright, and tying for first in a sixth. Didrikson's performances were enough to win the team championship, despite her being the [B]sole member of her team[/B]. Didrikson set four world records, winning two gold medals and one silver medal for track and field in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Didrikson_Zaharias#cite_note-achieve-9'][9][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Didrikson_Zaharias#cite_note-cool-10'][10][/URL] In the 80-meter hurdles, she equaled the world record of 11.8 seconds in her opening heat. In the final, she broke her record with an 11.7 clocking, taking gold. In the javelin, she also won gold with an Olympic record throw of 43.69 meters. In the high jump, she took silver with a world record-tying leap of 1.657 metres (5.44 ft). Fellow American [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shiley']Jean Shiley[/URL] also jumped 1.657 metres, and the pair tied in a jump-off when the bar was raised to 1.67 metres (5.5 ft). Shiley was awarded the gold after Didrikson was ruled to have used an improper technique.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Didrikson_Zaharias#cite_note-sr-1'][1][/URL] [B]Didrikson is the only track and field athlete, male or female, to win individual Olympic medals in separate running, throwing and jumping events.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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