Margaret Matthews is an American

United States

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 athlete who mainly competed in the 100 meters.

She competed for United States in the 1956 Summer Olympics

1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...

 held in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Australia

Australia

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. Margaret Matthews native Atlantan and captain of the TSU Tigerbelles captured the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 meters with three of her U.S. teammates Mae Faggs

Mae Faggs

Heriwentha Faggs Starr1 was an American athlete who mainly competed in the sprint events. She graduated from Bayside High School, and then went to Tennessee State University to run under Hall of Fame coach Ed Temple, one of the first U.S...

, Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Glodean Rudolph was an American athlete. Rudolph was considered the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in 1960....

 and Isabelle Daniels

Isabelle Daniels

Isabelle Daniels is an American athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres....

. Margaret Matthews was the first American woman to leap a record 20 feet in the broad jump. At the 1956 Olympic trials in Washington, D.C., she set an American record of 19 feet, 9 1/2 inches. At the national AAU outdoor meet in 1957, she won the broad jump title in the women's division. In 1958, she set a new American record in the broad jump: 20 feet, one inch. The first person in her family to finish high school, Margaret Matthews Wilburn has devoted 35 years to public education in Memphis. Her son, Barry Todd Wilburn

Barry Wilburn

Barry Todd Wilburn is a former professional American football player who was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the eight round of the 1985 NFL Draft. A 6'3", 186-lb...

, went on to play professional football in the NFL.