Athletes: Debi Thomas

Womanica

Acast Creative Studios

History, Society & Culture, Education

4.3 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Debi Thomas (1967-present) is an American figure skater who became the first Black athlete to win a medal in any sport at the Winter Olympics in 1988. She wasn’t content with just being a world class skater, she also became a doctor, earning degrees from Stanford University and Northwestern University. Now in her fifties, she recently returned to skating.

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This month we're celebrating the women who performed physical and mental feats in sports. They overcame societal barriers, personal struggles, and fierce competition to pursue their dreams of glory. We're talking about Athletes.

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0:00.0	In 2020 in a small California mountain town five women disappeared.
0:05.7	I found out what happened to all of them except one a woman known as Dea whose estate is worth
0:12.4	millions of dollars. I'm Lucy Sheriff. Over the past
0:16.4	four years I've spoken with Dia's family and friends and I've discovered that
0:21.2	everyone has a different version of events.
0:24.6	Hear the story on Where's Deer.
0:27.0	Listen on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,
0:30.5	or wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:33.0	Hello.
0:36.0	From Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Wamanica.
0:41.0	This month we're celebrating women who performed physical and mental feats in sports.
0:46.2	They overcame societal barriers, personal struggles, and fierce competition to pursue dreams
0:50.7	of glory.
0:51.7	We're talking about athletes. Today, a trailblazing black
0:57.9	athlete who was also a star student, she changed figure skating and sports for the better.
1:04.0	Life as such a high achiever was a challenge to maintain,
1:08.0	but she recently took to the ice again at the age of 56.
1:12.0	Meet Debbie Thomas.
1:15.9	Debbie Thomas was born in Poughkeepsie, New York on March 25,
1:18.9	1967. When she was two years old, her parents moved the family to San Jose, California.
1:25.7	They divorced shortly thereafter, and Debbie lived with her mom.
1:29.7	Janice was a computer programmer, one of the few black women in a largely white male dominated field.
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