SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE MORGUE ALIVE
Mistakenly identified as dead, she was placed in the trunk of a car, and driven to the morgue where it was discovered that she was still alive but in a coma. It took her years to walk normally again but she returned to track and field and was part of the US relay team at the 1936 Summer Olympics where her team won gold. Elizabeth "Betty" Robinson Schwartz was born in 1911 in Riverdale, Illinois. She had a natural talent for running and quickly gained a reputation as a top sprinter in her high school. In 1928, at the age of just 16, she competed in the Women's 100m sprint at the Amsterdam Olympics and won the gold medal, becoming the first woman ever to win an Olympic gold medal for track and field. This achievement was all the more impressive given that it was the first time women were allowed to compete in track and field events at the Olympics. However, just a few years later, Schwartz's life took a tragic turn. In 1931, she was involved in a plane crash that left h