Olympic trailblazer. 🛷🔥 23 years ago today... Vonetta Flowers made history by becoming the first African American woman to win gold at an Olympic Winter Games. Flowers achieved her incredible feat in the debut of the two-woman bobsleigh event alongside driver Jill Bakken at Salt Lake City. 🤩 #OTD | #Bobsleigh | #MoreThanSport @IBSFsliding | @USABS