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Ice Skating Speed Skating: Debi Thomas, the first Black athlete to win a medal at the Winter Olympics. Shani Davis, the first Black speed skater to win a gold medal in an individual event.
Bobsledding: Vonetta Flowers, the first Black American athlete to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
Soccer: Briana Scurry, a World Cup Champion, an Olympic Gold Medalist, and the first Black American in the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Swimming: Cullen Jones, a gold medalist, was the first Black person to hold a world record in swimming.
Water Polo: Genai Kerr, The First Black man to compete in the U.S. Water Polo World Championship.
Lacrosse: Lucien Alexis Jr. Jim Brown Fred Opie Cherie Greer Brown
Black Hall of Fame Rodeo Champions: Cowboys herd animals, rope calves, ride bulls/broncs, and wrestle steers. Legendary Black rodeo stars (Myrtis Dightman, Freddie “ Skeet” Gordon, Willie Thomas, Harold Cash, Glynn Turman, Tex Williams, and James Thomas) followed in the footsteps of trailblazers, Bass Reeves, John Ware, Bose Ikard, Nat Love, and Bill Pickett, the first Black cowboy honored in the National Rodeo Hall of Fame.
Hockey: Canada’s Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes was created by free Blacks from the United States of America.
Cycling: Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor
Horse Racing: Black jockeys (e.g., Isaac Burns Murphy, Oliver Lewis, Jimmy Winkfield, Willie Simms, Alonzo Clayton, etc.), dominated thoroughbred racing in the 1800s. After glorifying the sport, Black riders, trainers, and groomers were met with violence and Jim Crow laws. Hall of Fame jockey Isaac Burns Murphy won the Kentucky Derby three times. Before Murphy’s rise, Oliver Lewis won the first Kentucky Derby aboard Aristides in 1875.
Bowling: George Branham III. The first Black Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) National and World Champion
Bodybuilding: The First Black American Bodybuilding / Bodybuilder Champion Leroy Colbert Ronnie “The King” Coleman
Martial Arts: The first Black champions and masters: Vic Moore, Jim Kelly, Moses Powell, Ron van Clief, Thomas “LaPuppet” Carroll, and Warren Lewis
Fencing: Peter Westbrook, the first Black fencer to win a national title and an Olympic medal.
Archery: Dallas Jones, the first Black U.S. Archery Champion
Wrestling Lloyd “Butch” Keaser, an Olympic medalist and the first Black American to win a gold medal in a World Wrestling Championship.
Polo: National Champions. “Work to Ride” Black Polo Team
Ballet: Janet Collins, born in 1917, became the first Black prima ballerina.
Raven Wilkinson and Debra Austin broke color barriers by signing contracts with major ballet companies.
Misty Copeland, born in 1982, became the first Black principal dancer in American Ballet Theater’s 75-year history.
The First Black American Championship Cheerleading Squad /Team Impact Xtreme
Black teams have dominated the American Double Dutch League Championships since its founding (1973/74).
There are Black champions in spelling, science, math, debating, etc.
The First Black American Spelling Bee Champion Marie C. Bolden Academic Contests
Chess: Emory Andrew Tate Jr.The First Black American Chess Champion Emory Andrew Tate Jr
Checkers: Carl Sylvester “Buster” Smith was an eleven-time “Top Master” in the American Pool Checkers Association Division Championship
Monopoly: US Monopoly Representative, Brian Valentine competed at the 2015 World Championship in Macau.
Billiards: Hall of Famer Cisero Murphy, the first Black American to win National and World Billiards Titles.
Poker: Phil Ivey
Dominoes: Jerome Wooten
Motorsports NASCAR: Wendell Oliver Scott
Skateboarding: Marty and Clyde Grimes, first Black pro skateboarders.
Surfing: Black surfers in the 1950s (e.g., Nick Gabaldon) braved the waves on California’s segregated beaches. Diving into uncharted waters set the stage for Montgomery “Buttons” Kaluhiokalani’s thrilling switch foot surfing and Larry “Rubberman” Bertlemann’s iconic surfing and skateboarding style.
Mountaineering
Matthew Henson, the first recorded Black explorer to travel to the North Pole.
Barbara Hillary, the first Black woman to visit the North and South Poles.
Sophia Danenberg, the first Black woman to climb to the summit of Mount Everest.
Kai Lightner, an award-winning professional rock climber and pioneer.
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