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Helen Herring Stephens (February 3, 1918 – January 17, 1994) was an American athlete and a double Olympic champion in 1936.
American Helen Stephens—who grew up just a couple hundred miles away from Walsh—had taken the world record in Kansas City the previous year.
Helen Stephens is the creator of the How to Hide a Lion series and other picture books. She also runs The Good Ship Illustration, a community for illustrators, and offers courses, tips and freebies on her website.
Helen Stephens was an American runner who won two gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and was undefeated in official competition. Known as the Fulton Flash, Stephens had won nine Amateur Athletic Union track-and-field titles by the age of 18.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Helen Stephens (1918-1994) was only a teenager when she became an track star, winning two gold medals in the 1936 Olympic Games. She set world, Olympic, American, and Canadian records in running, broad jump, and discus. Stephens later became the first female owner of a women's semiprofessional basketball team.
Helen Stephens was a sprinter who won a gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. She also met Nazi leaders like Hitler and Goebbels, and shared her experiences in an oral history interview.
Oct 26, 2023 · Helen Stephens was likely the only member of the United States Olympic team to be invited to Adolf Hitler’s private suite during the games. She remembers him inappropriately touching her and inviting her to his private retreat. On her way to a post-win interview with CBS, she and her coach were stopped by a German messenger.
