Evelyn Ashford is an American former track and field athlete who won four Olympic medals in her career. She is best known for winning gold in the 100-meter dash at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Ashford also won silver in the 200-meter dash at the same Olympics, and bronze medals in the 4x100-meter relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2003.