Vonetta Flowers

…went to Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers of the United States. Flowers was the first Black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal at the Winter Games. A women’s monobob event, featuring a one-person sled, debuted at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics; the first gold medal was won by Kaillie…

…Lake Games also saw bobsledder Vonetta Flowers become the first Black athlete to win a Winter gold medal. Canadian hockey player Jarome Iginla then became the first Black male athlete to win Winter gold, and short-track speed skater Yang Yang became the first Chinese athlete to win a gold medal…

…Lake Games also saw bobsledder Vonetta Flowers become the first Black athlete to win a Winter gold medal. Canadian hockey player Jarome Inigla then became the first Black male athlete to win Winter gold, and short-track speed skater Yang Yang became the first Chinese athlete to win a gold medal…