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Photo of Althea Gibson Playing Tennis
愛爾西亞‧吉布森在紐約佛瑞斯特山參加網球比賽

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愛爾西亞吉布森 (Althea Gibson) 又贏了!195776

愛爾西亞‧吉布森上第一堂網球課時,才14歲。一年之後,她就贏得了第一場巡迴比賽的勝利。吉布森是一個偉大的運動員。她也是第一個能在全美國運動比賽中嶄露頭角的非裔美人。她曾經贏得許多美國與國際比賽的冠軍,但是愛爾西亞‧吉布森所必須面對的事情卻比網球比賽更為艱辛。


Althea Gibson was fourteen years old when she took her first tennis lesson, and one year later, she won her first tournament. Gibson was a great athlete. She was the first African American to compete for the U.S. Nationals. She won many U.S. and international titles, but Althea Gibson had something much tougher than tennis tournaments to face.
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