The first person on the planet to win back-to-back gold medals in the Olympic 100-meter dash, Wyomia Tyus is an American treasure. Ms. Tyus describes to us her experiences as a Cold War-era goodwill ambassador, traveling to East Africa to put on track and field clinics.
If I make a team, I get to go to countries I’ve never been, and that was always important to me. You get to know about other people, other countries, how the people love, and that was always so wonderful for me.
Wyomia Tyus The world’s first back-to-back Olympic 100-meter gold medalist