Title Work

Title No: 16727

Title: Interview with Evelyn Ashford

Medium: Audio; Moving Image

Original Medium: Film; Recorded Sound; Video

Date: 21 May  1985 (Created)

Interview with Evelyn Ashford conducted for Black Champions.  Discussion centers on life as a runner, beginning in high school where she competed against boys, competing against women at UCLA and competing at four Olympic games, winning four gold medals and one silver medal.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Duration: 31 min 51 sec 

Genres: Interview

Subjects: Track and field athletes; Olympics; Olympic Games (21st : 1976 : Montre´al, Que´bec); Olympic Games (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.); Olympic Games (22nd : 1980 : Moscow, Russia); Running races

Name As Subjects: University of California, Los Angeles; Ashford, Evelyn