Mabel Walker (athlete)
{{Short description|American sprinter (1928–2023)}}
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| nationality = American
| sport = Sprinting
| event = 100 metres
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|12|11}}
| birth_place = Camden, Alabama, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|9|10|1928|12|11}}
| death_place = Forsyth, Georgia, U.S.
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Mabel Walker Thornton (December 11, 1928 – September 10, 2023) was an American sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/mabel-walker-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418055754/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/mabel-walker-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Mabel Walker Olympic Results |access-date=June 7, 2017}}
Biography
Mabel Thornton was born in Camden, in Wilcox County, Alabama,{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4hRmWMxsjKYC&pg=PA116 |page=88 |title=In the Shadow of Selma: The Continuing Struggle for Civil Rights in the Rural South |first=Cynthia Griggs |last=Fleming |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2004 |isbn=9780742508118}} and attended Camden Academy, where she first ran track. She then joined the track team at Tuskegee University, and qualified for the 1948 Olympics after an AAU track meet.{{cite news |url=https://www.al.com/press-register-sports/2010/05/former_olympian_mabel_walker_t.html |newspaper=AL.com |accessdate=March 3, 2023 |date=May 9, 2010 |title=Former Olympian Mabel Walker Thornton runs all the way to enshrinement in the Mobile Sports Hall of Fame |first=Tommy |last=Hicks}}
Mabel Walker died in Forsyth, Georgia on September 10, 2023, at the age of 94.{{cite web |last1=Inabinett |first1=Mark |title=Alabama Olympic sprinter dead at age 94 |url=https://www.al.com/sports/2023/09/alabama-olympic-sprinter-dead-at-age-94.html |website=AL |language=en |date=13 September 2023}}
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:American female sprinters
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Category:Olympic female sprinters
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