5 Olympians who defied all odds to glory

#4 Betty Robinson

Robinson was the first woman to win a gold in 100m sprint

How many people can claim to have won an Olympic medal after coming back from the dead? Well, Betty Robinson can for sure. A 16-year-old Robinson had already made her mark on the track when she became the first woman to win a Gold in the 100m 1928 Olympics.

But a life changing event was still a few years ahead of her and it came when she sat in a biplane with her cousin in 1931. The flight met a tragic end as it crashed, leading to the death of both. Well, not actually.

Miraculously, she was found alive while being taken to the undertaker and remained in a coma for around seven months. Robinson came back to win a Gold in the 4x100m relay in 1936 Olympics.