Jessie Cross
{{short description|American sprinter}}
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Jessie Cross (April 14, 1909 – March 29, 1986) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/jessie-cross-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083652/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/jessie-cross-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Jessie Cross Olympic Results |access-date=10 August 2017}}
She competed for the United States in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the silver medal with her teammates Mary Washburn, Loretta McNeil and Betty Robinson.
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Category:American female sprinters
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
Category:Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Category:20th-century American sportswomen
Category:Olympic female sprinters
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