Martha B. Hudson Pennyman (born March 21, 1939) is a former American athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres. She was born in Eastman, Georgia and attended Tennessee State University.
She competed for the United States at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy where she won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her teammates Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones and Wilma Rudolph. Later in life, Pennyman was also a teacher in Thomaston, Georgia.
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Olympic Champions in Women's 4×100 m relay |
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1928 Canada Fanny Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith, Jane Bell & Myrtle Cook • 1932 United States Mary Carew, Evelyn Furtsch, Annette Rogers & Wilhelmina von Bremen • 1936 United States Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson & Helen Stephens • 1948 Netherlands Xenia Stad-de Jong, Netty Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs & Fanny Blankers-Koen
1952 United States Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau & Catherine Hardy • 1956 Australia Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor & Betty Cuthbert • 1960 United States Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones & Wilma Rudolph • 1964 Poland Teresa Cieply, Irena Szewinska, Halina Górecka & Ewa Klobukowska • 1968 United States Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter & Wyomia Tyus • 1972 West Germany Christiane Krause, Ingrid Mickler, Annegret Richter & Heidemarie Rosendahl • 1976 East Germany Marlies Göhr, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf & Bärbel Wöckel • 1980 East Germany Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald & Marlies Göhr • 1984 United States Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, Chandra Cheeseborough & Evelyn Ashford • 1988 United States Alice Brown, Sheila Echols, Florence Griffith Joyner & Evelyn Ashford • 1992 United States Evelyn Ashford, Esther Jones, Carlette Guidry & Gwen Torrence • 1996 United States Gail Devers, Inger Miller, Chryste Gaines & Gwen Torrence • 2000 Bahamas Savatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson & Debbie Ferguson • 2004 Jamaica Tayna Lawrence, Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey & Veronica Campbell • 2008 Russia Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina & Yuliya Chermoshanskaya |
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