Vonetta Flowers

Vonetta Flowers (née Jeffery; born October 29, 1973) is an American bobsledder.

Vonetta Flowers
Personal information
ResidenceHelena, Alabama[1]
Medal record
Bobsleigh
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake CityTwo-woman
World Championships
2004 KönigsseeTwo-woman

Career

Flowers was a star sprinter and long jumper at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and originally aspired to make the U.S. Summer Olympic Team. After several failed attempts, Flowers turned to bobsledding, and found success as a brakewoman almost immediately. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, she, along with driver Jill Bakken, won the gold medal in the two-woman event, becoming the first African American woman to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics. After the Salt Lake City Games, Flowers gave birth to twins and took some time off from the sport. In 2003, she returned to competition with new driver Jean Prahm. Flowers and Prahm competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, finishing sixth.

Flowers also won the two-woman event at the 2004 FIBT World Championships in Königssee. She retired from competition after the 2006 Winter Olympics.

In December 2010, she was elected to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. She was inducted as a member of the Class of 2011 in May.

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References
  1. No Sleep in Helena Alabama : The Events of Helena Alabama: Flowers, Watson and Law Retrieved 2014-11-30.
Vonetta Flowers and Jill Bakken begin the race for the gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics



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