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3 unusual facts about Jill Bakken


Bobsleigh

Jill Bakken power up in the push zone for their 80-mile-an-hour ride down the Winter Olympic bobsledding track.

Jill Bakken

Bakken was a Specialist in the Utah Army National Guard and sponsored by the Army World Class Athlete Program at the time she won gold.

Vonetta Flowers

At the 2002 Winter Olympics, she, along with driver Jill Bakken, won the gold medal in the two-woman event, becoming the first black person to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics.



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