Evelyne Ruth Hall (née ''Davidson'', later ''Adams'', later ''Butler''; September 10, 1909 – April 20, 1993) was an American hurdler. She won the AAU title outdoors (80 m) in 1930 and indoors (50 m) in 1931, 1933, 1935. At the 1932 Olympics she earned a silver medal in the 80 m, losing in controversial fashion to
Mildred Didrikson
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (; Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball and track and field. She won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Summer Ol ...
(1). She placed fourth at the 1936 U.S. Olympic Trials and did not qualify.
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After retiring from competitions, Hall worked as a coach and instructor of physical education. She prepared the first American women's athletics team for the ]1951 Pan American Games
The 1951 Pan American Games (the I Pan American Games) were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between February 25 and March 9, 1951. The Pan American Games' origins were at the Games of the X Olympiad in Los Angeles, United States, where official ...
, and for several years headed the U.S. Olympic women's track and field committee. She also worked as a supervisor of the Glendale parks and recreation department.[
In an interview on November 11, 1991, at the age of 82, Adams claimed to be the "oldest living American Olympic medalist".]
References
1. Paul Soifer, “A Tale of Two Women: Babe Didrikson, Lillian Copeland, and the Women's Discus at the 1932 Olympic Games,” Southern California Quarterly 78, no. 3 (Fall 1996), pp. 251-252.
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1909 births
1993 deaths
American female hurdlers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
20th-century American women
20th-century American people
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