Mabel Landry, 1952 Olympics and Staton

Mabel Staton, trailblazer who was US team's only female long jumper at the 1952 Olympics, dies at 92
Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, has died.
Track and field trailblazer Mabel Landry Staton dies at 92, competed at 1952 Olympics in Helsinki
Mabel Landry Staton, a track and field trailblazer who was the only female American to compete in long jump at the 1952 Olympics Games in Helsinki, has died at 92, her family said.
Track and field trailblazer Mabel Staton dies at age 92
Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, died Thursday.
Mabel Staton, trailblazer who was US team's only female long jumper at the 1952 Olympics, dies at 92 - Clone
An antidiscrimination lawsuit on her behalf helped lead to one of the first multiracial track teams in the Midwest.
Mabel Staton, DePaul athlete who became Team USA's only female long jumper at the 1952 Olympics, dies at 92
Staton, who went by the name of Mabel Landry when she attended DePaul in the 1950s, before the school had a women's track team, was inducted into the university's athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.
Staton, trailblazer for Team USA track, dies at 92
Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the
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