ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Sunday, August 25, 1996                TAG: 9608270028
SECTION: SPORTS                   PAGE: C-8  EDITION: METRO 
                                             TYPE: NEWS OBIT 

PATTERSON-TYLER, OLYMPIC HERO, DIES AT 69

Audrey ``Mickey'' Patterson-Tyler, America's first black woman to win an Olympic medal, has died. She was 69.

Patterson-Tyler, a sprinter who devoted much of her later life to coaching, died Friday after suffering a stroke and heart attack.

At age 22, Patterson-Tyler won a bronze medal in the 200-meter dash at the 1948 Olympic Games in London.

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