Iris Davis
Iris LaVerne Davis-Hicks (born April 30, 1950) is an American former track and field sprinter who specialized in the 100-meter dash. She was the 1971 Pan American Games champion in that event and also won a gold medal in the 4 × 100-meter relay.[1] She represented the United States at the 1972 Munich Olympics and twice narrowly missed out on a medal: first in the 100 m, placing fourth behind Cuba's Silvia Chivás, then in the relay, where Chivás again outsprinted her to bronze on the final leg.[2]
Davis was born in an African-American family in Pompano Beach, Florida.[2] Nationally she was a four-time champion: twice in the 100 m (1971, 1973) and twice in the 60-meter dash (1972, 1973). She was runner-up in the 100-yard dash in 1969 and 1970, and also had top three placings in the 100 m at the 1972 Olympic trials and the 1972 outdoor championships.[3][4][5]
She was a member of the Tigerbelles collegiate team for Tennessee State University, which had a strong history of women's sprinting including double Olympic champion Wyomia Tyus.[6]
International competitions
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- OT: 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- Distance:The event was over 100 yards until 1927; from 1929-31, 1955, 1957-8, 1961-2, 1965-6, 1969-70 and 1973-4
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- Distances have varied as follows: 40 yards (1927–1932), 50 meters (1933–54), 50 yards (1956–64), 60 yards (1965–86), 55 meters (1987–1990)
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