Mildred "Millie" Louise McDaniel-Singleton (née McDaniel, November 4, 1933 – September 30, 2004) was an American athlete, who competed mainly in the women's high jump event during her career.
mildred, mcdaniel, mildred, millie, louise, mcdaniel, singleton, née, mcdaniel, november, 1933, september, 2004, american, athlete, competed, mainly, women, high, jump, event, during, career, personal, informationbirth, namemildred, louise, mcdanielfull, namem. Mildred Millie Louise McDaniel Singleton nee McDaniel November 4 1933 September 30 2004 was an American athlete who competed mainly in the women s high jump event during her career Mildred McDanielPersonal informationBirth nameMildred Louise McDanielFull nameMildred Louise McDaniel SingletonBornNovember 4 1933 1933 11 04 Atlanta Georgia U S DiedSeptember 30 2004 2004 10 01 aged 70 Pasadena California U S Medal record Women s athletics Representing the United States Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne High jump Pan American Games 1955 Mexico City High jump Born in Atlanta Georgia she attended David T Howard High School 1 She competed for the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne Australia where she won the gold medal in the women s high jump event In the process she beat the current world record holder Iolanda Balas and set a new world record She attended the Tuskegee Institute where she played basketball While there she was the National Champion in 1953 1955 and 1956 2 In 1983 she was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame 3 Death editMcDaniel Singleton died of cancer aged 70 4 in Pasadena California References edit McCray Vanessa 8 famous former students of Atlanta s David T Howard School The Atlanta Journal Constitution USA Outdoor Track amp Field Champions Women s High Jump legacy USATF org USA Track amp Field Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Members by Year PDF Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Archived PDF from the original on July 5 2017 Retrieved July 5 2017 McDaniel Singleton 1956 Olympic High Jump gold medalist dies IAAF org October 7 2004 Archived from the original on October 20 2004 External links editMillie McDaniel at World Athletics Mildred Tex McDaniel at the USATF Hall of Fame archived Mildred Louise McDaniel at Olympics comMildred McDaniel at Olympic org archived Millie McDaniel at Olympedia Millie McDaniel at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Mildred Louise McDaniel Singleton at Find a Grave cites November 3 1933 as date of birth nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a track and field Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mildred McDaniel amp oldid 1194278056, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
