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SPEAKER_00: Hello, from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan and this is Encyclopedia Wamanica. Today's Olympian has one of the best comeback stories of all time. She won the first Olympic gold medal for a women's track and field event, set a world record at the age of 16, and just weeks before her next Olympic run, she came back from the dead. We're talking about Elizabeth Robinson. Elizabeth or Betty Robinson was born on August 23rd, 1911 in Riverdale, Illinois. Her career as a runner started when she was still in school and only by chance. One day, Betty was running to catch a train to Chicago. She jumped aboard just in time. Her speed impressed a fellow passenger, a biology teacher, and he got her a place training with the boys track and field team at his school. Betty began running competitively to instant success. During her second ever track meet, she ran a world record time of 12.2 seconds in the 100 meter dash. She was just 16 years old. Oh, and as an added bonus, she qualified for the Olympic track and field team. Betty's debut at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics marked the first time track and field events were open to women. She was one of five US women entered into the 100 meter dash and she was the only one to advance to the final. When it came time for the final race, Betty matched her world record time and took gold in the event. To this day, she's still the youngest 100 meter champion in Olympic history. At the same Olympics, Betty also won a silver medal in the four by 100 meter relay. Betty returned to the US as a celebrity. She met the likes of Babe Ruth and Amelia Earhart. Chicago even hosted a parade with over 20,000 attendees in her honor. While on her way to stardom, Betty was in a prime position to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. On June 28th, 1931, she decided to take a day off to fly with her cousin in his biplane. The pair took off, but at an altitude of 400 feet, the plane suddenly flipped into a nosedive. Onlookers found Betty and the pilot under the rubble of the wreckage. Betty appeared to be so badly injured that her rescuers took her straight to an undertaker. In the morning, newspapers ran bleak headlines. Some said she'd never race again. Others announced her death prematurely. One even wrote that Betty was in the hardest race of her life, against the Grim Reaper. Reports of Betty's recovery said she spent seven months in a coma. In reality, she spent 11 weeks in and out of consciousness. She was in critical condition with multiple injuries, including a shattered leg. Betty spent another six months in a wheelchair. Two years passed before she could walk again. Once healed, Betty's injured leg was half an inch shorter than the other. Betty had decidedly missed her chance at the 1932 Olympics, but the 1936 Games were just around the corner as her recovery came to a close. Although she was still unable to kneel into the starting crouch, Betty made the Olympic team. And at the 1936 Berlin Games, she and the women's relay team brought home the gold medal. Betty and the team returned as celebrated heroes. In a New York City ticker tape parade, they rode in the procession's second car, just behind four-time gold medalist Jesse Owens. After retiring, Betty became a timer and judge at track meets. She also traveled the country, speaking on behalf of women's athletic organizations. In 1939, she married a man named Richard Schwartz, and the couple had two children together. In her 80s, Betty battled cancer and Alzheimer's disease. She died in 1999 at the age of 87. Despite her multiple gold medals, records, and titles, Betty's story remains relatively unknown. She's never been inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. All month, we're talking about Olympians. For more on why we're doing what we're doing, check out our newsletter, Wamanica Weekly. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at Encyclopaedia Wamanica. Special thanks to Liz Kaplan, my favorite sister and co-creator. Talk to you tomorrow. Before you go, I wanna tell you about another show I think you might like. There's a new podcast from the TED audio collective called Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter. Join Dr. Jen Gunter, an OB-GYN and pain medicine physician, as she busts the lies we're told and sold about our health. Is it possible to boost the immune system? Do we really need eight glasses of water a day? She'll unpack some of the surprising cultural backstories behind medicine and explore how the body actually works. Find and follow Body Stuff with Jen Gunter wherever you're listening.
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