Valerie Brisco-Hooks
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Valerie Ann Brisco-Hooks (born July 6, 1960 in Greenwood, Mississippi) won three gold medals as an Olympic track and field athlete at the 1984 Olympics at Los Angeles, California, making her the first Olympian win gold medals in both the 200- and 400-meter races. She also won a gold medal for the 4x400m. Brisco competed in the 1988 Olympic Games, which took place in Seoul, South Korea, running on the American 4x400 meter-relay team that finished in second place (but above the older record) behind the Soviet team that broke the 4x400 meter-relay world record.
Television Guest Appearance
Brisco races Cliff in The Cosby Show episode Off to the Races, first aired Thursday 8 May 1986 on NBC.External link
| Olympic medalists in athletics (women) | Olympic Champions in Women's 200 m |
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| Fanny Blankers-Koen | Marjorie Jackson | Betty Cuthbert | Wilma Rudolph | Edith McGuire | Irena Szewińska | Renate Stecher | Bärbel Eckert Wöckel (twice) | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | Florence Griffith Joyner | Gwen Torrence | Marie-José Pérec | Marion Jones | Veronica Campbell |
| Olympic medalists in athletics (women) | Olympic Champions in Women's 400 m |
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| Betty Cuthbert | Colette Besson | Monika Zehrt | Irena Szewińska | Marita Koch | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | Olga Bryzgina | Marie-José Pérec (twice) | Cathy Freeman | Tonique Williams-Darling |
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