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96 S. GRANT AVE. COLUMBUS, OH 43215 (614) 645-2275 TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY STATEMENT | DISCLAIMER

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Title	Hightower, Stephanie (1958-)
Subject	African Americans Track and field African American women Sports
Description	Stephanie Hightower was a collegiate track star at The Ohio State University. From 1977 to 1980, she did not lose a race in the 60-meter dash, 60-meter hurdles or the 100-meter hurdles, and earned Big Ten Conference, NCAA and National championship titles. She was unable to participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics, due to the US boycott of the games. She won a silver medal at the Pan Am Games in 1987. She holds the world's record for the 60 yard hurdle in 7.36. Hightower served as Communications Director for the Ohio Dept. of Mental Health 1988-1992, worked as press secretary for the mayor 1992-3 and became special asisstant to the mayor in 1993.; Husband is David Baker. In 1999 she took charge of the world championship track and field team in preparation for the next Olympics. She is the current president of USA Track & Field.
Location	Columbus; Franklin County; Ohio
Ethnicity/Culture	African-American
Identifier	098/H635s
Collection	Columbus African American Collection
Collection Website	www.columbusmemory.org
Source	Courtesy Stephanie Hightower; https://digital-collections-prod.columbuslibrary.org/u?/ohio,4147
Rights	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Rights Statement	Copyright Undetermined
Format	Picture Photograph
Media type	JPEG 2000
Record editor	AMO
Language	Eng
Date created	2012-12-17

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