<Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> Women's athletics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1948 London </Td> <Td> High jump </Td> </Tr> <P> Alice Coachman Davis (November 9, 1923--July 14, 2014) was an American athlete . She specialized in high jump and was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal . </P> <P> Coachman was born on November 9, 1923 in Albany, Georgia . She was the fifth of Fred and Evelyn Coachman's ten children . </P>

First black woman to win a gold medal in the olympics