2002-- Vonetta Flowers

Artist: Guadalupe Pena
School: Julian Newman, Athens

"2002-- Vonetta Flowers wins the first medal"

2002 Birmingham native Vonetta Flowers and teammate Jill Bakken win a gold medal in bobsledding at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Flowers is the first African American to win a gold medal in a winter Olympics.



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