Isabelle Daniels is an American

United States

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 athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres.

Daniels attended Tennessee State University

Tennessee State University

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, where she was part of their AAU

Amateur Athletic Union

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 champion relay team for 5 years. She took the silver in the 60 meters at the 1955 Pan American Games

Pan American Games

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 and was on the winning relay team. She competed for the United States in the 1956 Summer Olympics

1956 Summer Olympics

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 held in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Australia

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, where she won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her team mates 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...

, Margaret Matthews

Margaret Matthews

Margaret Matthews is an American athlete who mainly competed in the 100 meters.She competed for United States in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia. Margaret Matthews native Atlantan and captain of the TSU Tigerbelles captured the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 meters with three of...

 and 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....

, in a race where all three teams beat the existing world record. She was initially placed third in the 100 meters, but was moved to fourth after photos of the finish were examined.

In 1958 she participated in a goodwill tour of the USSR and Europe.

She worked for many years as a physical education teacher and coach in Georgia, where she received numerous awards, including 1990 National Coach of the Year by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association. In 1987 she was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame

Georgia Sports Hall of Fame

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. In 1992 she was honored as the All-State Role Model; a documentary on her life was produced and broadcast in the halftime of the Georgia high school all-stars basketball game. She was also listed on a 1992 "Coaches Care Honor Roll" sponsored by Gatorade

Gatorade

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. In March 2006 she was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Bob Hayes Invitational Track Meet in Jackonville

Jacksonville, Florida

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, Florida

Florida

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She is married to Rev. Sidney R. Holston; the couple have four children.