10个改变运动历史的运动员

5. Althea Gibson

5.爱尔西亚·吉布森

Althea Gibson was an African-American woman who achieved greatness in not one, but two sports: tennis and golf. She found her athletic calling during a tough childhood, which she spent mostly in the Harlem area of New York City. Gibson won a college scholarship in sports after winning numerous tournaments and championships. She was the first black woman to be invited to compete in Wimbledon in 1951. She won the French Open in 1956 and Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles in 1957 and 1958. She became a tennis professional in 1959.

爱尔西亚·吉布森是一位非裔美国女性，她不仅仅在一个领域，而是在两个体育领域：网球和高尔夫，都取得了卓越的成就。在艰难的童年时期，她在纽约哈姆雷特区度过了大部分时间，她发现了自己的体育梦。在赢得不计其数的比赛和冠军之后，吉布森获得了大学体育奖学金。1951年，她成为第一个被邀请参与温布顿网球巡回赛的黑人女性。1956年，她赢得了法网公开赛并于1957和1858年分别获得温布尔顿和美国公开赛冠军。1959年，她成为一名职业网球运动员。

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Her brief professional golf career wasn't as successful as her tennis career, but Gibson nevertheless broke racial and gender barriers in golf as well. After retirement, Gibson was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971. She served as the New Jersey Commissioner of Athletics and a member of the governor's council of fitness. Gibson died of respiratory failure in 2003.

她短暂的职业高尔夫生涯并不如网球那般成功，不过吉布森打破了高尔夫比赛中的种族和性别歧视。退役以后，吉布森于1971年被列入国际网球名人堂。她担任新泽西州经济委员和健身总督理事会的成员。2003年，吉布森死于呼吸衰竭。

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