Mary Wineberg
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Mary Wineberg (née Danner, born January 3, 1980) is an American track and field athlete from Cincinnati, Ohio.[1] She was born in Brooklyn, New York.[2] After graduating from Walnut Hills High School, she attended the University of Cincinnati on a track scholarship,[2] graduating in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in education.[3]
Wineberg was an Olympic competitor in athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed in the 400m race and finished fifth in her semifinal, which did not qualify her for the final. However, Wineberg ran the first leg for the U.S. Women's 4 × 400 metres relay team that won the gold medal at the Games.[4] She was the University of Cincinnati's first female African American athlete to win gold at an Olympic Games.
Wineberg was sponsored by Nike and later the New York Athletic Club/Brooks. She was coached by Jim Schnur,[1] and her husband Chris Wineberg served as her training partner. She retired from the sport in 2013, after losing her mother in 2012.
Wineberg now lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, and works as an educator. She has been inducted into the University of Cincinnati Hall of Fame, the Cincinnati Public Schools Hall of Fame, has a day named after her in Cincinnati (September 21 is Mary Wineberg Day), and has received numerous awards and accolades for her performance in the Olympics and also from mentoring youth in the community. She has written two books- "Unwavering Perseverance: An Olympic Gold Medalist Finds Peace", and a children's book "I Didn't Win". Wineberg is married and has two daughters.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Profile at teamusa.org
- ^ a b Profile at NBCOlympics.com
- ^ Biography page at her official website Archived 2008-09-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Profile of relay team at NBCOlympics.com
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Profile at teamusa.org
- Living people
- 1980 births
- Track and field athletes from Brooklyn
- Track and field athletes from Cincinnati
- American female sprinters
- African-American track and field athletes
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Olympic female sprinters
- 21st-century African-American sportswomen
- 20th-century African-American sportswomen
- 20th-century American sportswomen
- Walnut Hills High School alumni
- 21st-century American sportswomen