Mildrette Netter

Mild Save Netter ( born June 16, 1948 in Greenview ) is a former American track and field athlete and Olympic champion.

The at this time still almost unknown student of Alcorn State University was cute. Among U.S. knockouts 1968 Fourth in the 100 - meter dash and the 200 -meter run Subsequently, she was nominated for the 4 x 100 meters relay at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. There, scored the U.S. team in the first round with 43.4 seconds ( electronic timing: 43.50 seconds ) set a new world record. In the final, she won in the lineup Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mild Rescue Cute and Wyomia Tyus the gold medal in front of the relay races from Cuba and the Soviet Union. She improved the world record to 42.8 seconds ( electronic timing: 42.88 seconds ).

As the only remaining runner of the team from 1968 Cute occurred in the 1972 Olympics in Munich back in the season, but this time only reached fourth place.