Vonetta Flowers IiNkcukacha zoBuntu:
I-Vonetta Flowers yazalwa ngo-Oktobha 29, 1973 eBirmingham, Alabama. Ngo-1992, uVonetta waphumelela kwi-PD Jackson Olin High School. Wayengumntu wokuqala kwintsapho yakhe ukuya kwikholeji. Waphumelela kwiYunivesithi yaseAlabama eBirmingham. Utshatile uYohnny Mack Flowers, naye ungumqeqeshi wakhe. NgoFebruwari 19, 2002, iintyatyambo zanqoba iMedal Medal ukuze ziqhubekile kwaye ngo-Agasti 30 ngaloo nyaka, zaza zazisa amakhwenkwe angamawele, uJorden Maddox (onokukhubazeka okuvayo) kunye noJaden Michael.
Iintlanzi zeVonetta eziziwayo ngokubanzi:
I-Vonetta Flowers yayingumdlali wokuqala omnyama (inkunzi okanye ibhinqa) - ukusuka kwiphina ilizwe - kuze kube yilapho unqoba iMali yegolide ye-Olimpiki yeHlabathi. Ngama-Olimpiki ka-2002 e-Salt Lake City, iVonetta kunye noJill Bakken baqhubela i-USA kwimvumba yegolide ye-Olimpiki, bephelisa umnqweno weMelika wase-United States onomnyaka wama-46. Ixesha leqela lebhokisi le-2 lebhinqa laliyi-1 imizuzu engama-48 imizuzwana.
Iimvumi zeeVonetta kunye neeMbali:
- Umqhubi we-Olimpiki wama-Olympic ka-2002, kunye nomlingani uJill Bakken, eba ngumdlali wokuqala omnyama ukuphumeza iindlovu zegolide zaseOlimpiki ze-Olympic
- Ekhethwe ngoJill Bakken ukuba athathe ifulethi yeOlimpiki ngo-2002 kwimikhosi yokuvala
- Umkeli weqela le-2002 le-USOC;
- I-Olympic Spirit Award yase-US kwaye ikhethwe kwi-People's "50 Most Beautiful People"
- Uphelile ngo-5 kwiMidlalo Yehlabathi kunye nomlingani uJean Prahm (Racine), 2005
Ukujonga ngokubanzi kwiimbasa zeVonetta Flowers , khangela isayithi yeOlimpiki.
Ukuqala kwe-Vonetta I-Flowers 'Athletic Career:
I-Vonetta Flowers yaqashwa, xa ineminyaka engama-9, ivela kwiqela labafundi baseJonesboro Elementary School ngoCoven DeWitt Thomas, owayefuna abagijimi abakhawulezayo. Kule minyaka elishumi ezayo, iVonetta yaphumelela phantse yonke intambo engena kuyo. Ngethuba esikolweni esiphakeme, wathatha inxaxheba kwimizila kunye nensimu, i-volleyball kunye nebhakballball.
Emva kokuhlinzwa okwangama-5 kwiminyaka eyisibhozo, iVonetta yayinomsebenzi odumazayo kwii-Olimpiki zama-2000 ze-Olimpiki waza wagqiba ukuyeka umsebenzi wakhe wezemidlalo.
Indlela eya kwiiOlimpiki zika-2002 zeVonetta Flowers:
Kwiintsuku ezimbini emva kokudumala kwee-Olympic Trials 2000, umyeni kaVonetta, uJohnny, wabona i-flyer ekhuthaza abantu abadlali beMidlalo neMidlalo ukuba bazame kwiqela le-United States. UVonetta wayengenomdla, kodwa wagqiba ekubeni ahambe nomyeni wakhe ongakholelwa kuThixo xa ezama ukuphumelela iqela. Kungekudala emva kokuvavanywa kweemvavanyo, uJohnny wathatha isithintelo sakhe. UVonetta wanquma ukumnceda aphile iphupha lakhe ngokugqiba uvavanyo lwezinto ezintandathu. Ngokukhawuleza wenza iqela.
Olongezelelweyo Ngeentyatyambo zeVonetta:
I-Vonetta Ientyatyambo ngokukhawuleza zaba ngu-# 1 umfazi onqabileyo e-US Ekupheleni kwexesha lakhe le-rookie, uVonetta kunye naye owayengumlingani, uBonny Warner, babenqanaba lesi-2 e-US kunye ne-3 kwihlabathi. Kodwa yayingumlingani wakhe omtsha, uJill Bakken, owaye wahlala emlandweni kunye neVonetta ngokuwina iMidali yeGold kwi-Women's Olympic bobsled. Ngoku iVonetta Flowers ibuyela kwimidlalo yeOlimpiki yaseYurophu yaseTolino, e-Italy.
Amazwi anomdla malunga neVonetta Flowers:
- UVonetta ngumntu wokuqala ovela e-Alabama ukuphumeza indondo kwiiOlimpiki zaseHlabathi.
- UVonetta waqala ukuxhamla xa wayeneminyaka engama-26 ubudala.
- Ngexa ekholeji, iVonetta yawina amaqonga engqungquthela angama-35 kunye nokunqoba kwi-Penn Relays kunye neMthendeleko ye-Olimpiki.
- I-Vonetta yiYunivesithi yase-Alabama / iBirmingham ye-1st-time-all-American.
- I-Vonetta yayiya kuthanda ukukhuphisana kuma-Olimpiki ka-2008 njengendlela yokuzivocavoca. Sifanele silinde size sibone loo nto!
I-Vonetta Flowers's Personal Biography:
I-Vonetta Flowers iye yashicilela ibali lakhe lobomi bendlela afike ngayo kwiiOlimpiki kwincwadi yakhe yokuqala: Ukugijima kwi-Ice: Ukunqoba Ukholo lweVonetta Flowers
Yintoni i-Bobsledding:
I-Bobsledding yaqala ngasekupheleni kwawo-1880 e-Albany, eNew York. Kwavela okokuqala kwi-Olimpiki ngo-1928. I- United States i-Bobsled ne-Skeleton Federation (i-USBSF) ibhunga elilawulayo le-bobsled kunye namasipha (into yokuqala yokuqala ye-luge).
Kukho ezimbini iintlobo zabadlali: abaqhubi kunye nabaqhubi.
I-Vonetta Flowers i-pusher okanye i-brakeman kwaye ihleli emva kwe-450-pound sled. Unoxanduva lokutsala i-brake (i-claw yensimbi eyenza ingene kwiqhwa) emva kokugqitywa kwelayini kumgca wokugqibela.
Iinkcukacha ezithe xaxe:
Ezinye izidima kunye neenyaniso malunga neVonetta Flowers:
- Wayebizwa ngokuba ngu - 50 we- Essence Magazine wama- 50 we-Most of the Afri-African-Americans .
- UVondetta wabizwa ngokuba ngu - 57 we- Ebony Magazine wama- 57 aMnyama amaninzi .
- Iintyatyambo zafakwa kwi- People Magazine ye- 50 Abantu Abaninzi Abahle .
Ukutyelela iVonetta Flowers ukufunda ngakumbi malunga nalo mfazi omangalisayo kunye nomdlali. Uza kufunda ngakumbi malunga nokholo lwakhe olunzulu nobomi bomntu kwiwebhusayithi yakhe.