Willie Davenport

Davenport won the 110m hurdles at Mexico City in 1968 and bronze in 1976, then, aged 36, pushed a US four-man bobsleigh at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games, becoming, with team-mate Jeff Gadley, one of the first Black athletes to represent the US at a Winter Olympics. The hurdler's explosive start was exactly what bobsleigh pilots wanted, and his move set the pattern for the sprinters who followed him into the sport.