Mabel Landry Staton, 92, of Voorhees, the only U.S. female long jumper at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games, a nine-time national Amateur Athletic Union jumping and sprinting champion, celebrated New ...

Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, died ...

Mabel Staton was the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Staton grew up on Chicago's South Side and ran for ...

AP Share Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Individual event winners for the final tryouts for the U.S. Olympic women’s track and field team pose in ...

At 92, Mabel "Dolly" Landry Staton remains an icon in the track and field world, a trailblazer who broke barriers for both women and African Americans in the sport. In 1952, she made history as ...