Photograph, Jennings Randolph, Mary Lou Retton, Ed Etzel and Robert C. Byrd, 17 August 1984. Retton, a native of Fairmont, competing in gymnastics, brought home the women's all-around gold medal, two silver medals (team and vault) and two bronze medals (uneven bars and floor exercise) from the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Etzel, faculty member at West Virginia University, won the gold medal in the fifty meter prone rifle shooting event at the same Olympics. Jennings Randolph Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Jennings Randolph: Stars in His Eyes