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{{Short description|American sprinter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Marilyn White
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| full_name      = Marilyn Elaine White
| birth_date     = {{birth-date and age|October 17, 1944}}
| birth_place    = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
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| height         = 5 ft 3 in
| weight         = 115 lb
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{USA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]|[[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4x100 metre relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Athletics at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games|1963 São Paulo]]|[[Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres|100 metres]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games|1963 São Paulo]]|[[Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4x100 metre relay]]}}
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'''Marilyn Elaine White''' (born October 17, 1944, in [[Los Angeles, California]]) is an [[the United States|American]] sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.

She won a silver medal in the [[4 x 100 metres relay]] at the [[1964 Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]], with teammates [[Willye White]], [[Wyomia Tyus]] and [[Edith McGuire]]. She also competed in the [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|100 meter dash]], where she finished in fourth place with the same time as the silver and bronze medalists.  She earlier won the bronze medal at the [[Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games|1963 Pan Am Games]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Michael |title=Black American Women in Track and Field |date=1992 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |isbn=0-89950-692-5}}</ref>

==Early life==

Marilyn White was raised in Los Angeles, CA and is the oldest of four children. She attended a diverse elementary school, Holy Cross, where she mixed with students from various backgrounds and she was exposed to a variety of languages spoken, including Spanish, Hungarian and Mandarin.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Simmons |first1=Ann M. |title='There was a little bit of everybody on the block,' recalls Marilyn White |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/la-vd-marilyn-white-20151117-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=25 November 2015}}</ref>  She went to high school at [[Bishop Conaty-Our Lady of Loretto High School]] graduating in 1962.  She competed for the [[L.A. Mercurettes]] track club.<ref>{{cite book |title=United States Olympic Team, games of the XVII Olympiad |date=1964 |publisher=United States Olympic Committee}}</ref>  She was recruited to the team out of a dance class while in high school.  Prior to [[Title IX]], high schools did not offer sports for girls.  At the 1963 [[Los Angeles Invitational]] she beat Olympic champion [[Wilma Rudolph]] and set the meet record.

She attended UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) and was elected freshman class vice president in 1963.  She was then offered an athletic scholarship to [[Pepperdine University|Pepperdine College]], even though Pepperdine did not have a fully developed track program.  Individually she wore her Pepperdine jersey at many high level meets.

==References==
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* {{cite Sports-Reference |title=Marilyn White |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/marilyn-white-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103823/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/marilyn-white-1.html |archive-date=April 18, 2020}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics|united-states/marilyn-white-14430638}}
* {{Olympics.com|name=Marilyn Elaine White}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{InterSportStats|3000005552}}

{{USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in women's 200 m}}
{{Footer USA Track & Field 1964 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:1944 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American female sprinters]]
[[Category:Track and field athletes from Los Angeles]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Olympic female sprinters]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportswomen]]
[[Category:Bishop Conaty-Our Lady of Loretto High School alumni]]
[[Category:Pepperdine Waves women's track and field athletes]]


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