Clement Isaac “Ike” Quartey Snr, Ghana’s first Olympian and a first Black African to win an Olympic medal, is honored by the Ghana Olympic Committee for his pioneering legacy in African sports.
Discover Maritza McClendon, the first Black woman to join the U.S. Olympic Swim Team. Her journey from overcoming scoliosis to winning a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics inspires water safety and diversity in swimming.