Kanati Allen
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Full name | James Kanati Allen |
Born | Los Angeles, California, United States | January 25, 1947
Died | December 31, 2011 Los Angeles, California | (aged 64)
James Kanati Allen (January 25, 1947 – December 31, 2011)[1] was an American gymnast. He competed for the seventh-place U.S. team at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2] Allen, who was of black and Native American descent, was the first African-American gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games.[3]
References[]
- ^ "1968 U.S. Olympian Kanati Allen Passes". intlgymnast. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kanati Allen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ Hersch, Philip (February 29, 2016). "Simone Biles And Gabby Douglas Are Latest And Greatest Heroes In A Storied History Of African-American Gymnasts". Team USA. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
External links[]
- Kanati Allen at Olympics.com
- Kanati Allen at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1947 births
- 2011 deaths
- American male artistic gymnasts
- African-American male gymnasts
- Olympic gymnasts of the United States
- Gymnasts at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts from Los Angeles
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American people
- American artistic gymnast stubs