Amerikalı golfçüler
- Althea Gibson and Wilma Rudolph are, without question, the most significant athletic forces among Black women in sports history.
- Althea Gibson developed a love of tennis at an early age, but in the 1940s and ’50s, most tournaments were closed to African Americans.
- When Althea Gibson started her professional career, she worked with the Caribbean-born tennis coach Sydney Llewellyn, who helped her with the mental aspect of...
- Althea Gibson developed a love of tennis at an early age, but in the 1940s and '50s, most tournaments were closed to African Americans.
- She forayed into the entertainment industry in the year 1959, when her first album ‘Althea Gibson Sings’ with the label ‘Dot Records’ was released.
- Althea Gibson was born on August 25, 1927, to Daniel and Annie Bell Gibson, sharecroppers on a cotton farm near Silver, South Carolina.
- More about Althea Gibson and her remarkable life ... Althea Gibson’s remarkable journey and groundbreaking achievements have left a lasting legacy.
- Althea Gibson. New York: Chelsea House, 1989. ... Title Gibson, Althea. Coverage August 25, 1927–September 28, 2003.
- In November 2017, the Council of Paris inaugurated the Gymnase Althea Gibson, a public multisport gymnasium in the 12th arrondissement of Paris.
- Althea Gibson stands as a monumental figure in the world of tennis and sports at large, embodying not just the spirit of competitive excellence but also the...
Althea Gibson
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- Doğum tarihi ve yeri:25 Ağustos 1927, Silver
- Ölüm tarihi ve yeri:28 Eylül 2003 (76 yaşında), Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
- Boy:180 cm