Career
Over her competitive career, she became the record-holder for those distances in Liberia. Dinkins competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics for Liberia in the 100 m race. Only 17 years old at the time, she failed to advance to the finals.
She again competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Liberia in the 100 m race, but did not advance to the finals.
She returned to compete in the 2000 Summer Olympics also competing for Liberia in the 100 m race, but once more failed to advance to the finals. A 1987 graduate of California State University, Dominguez Hills, Dinkins retired from track and field competition in 2003 but still works closely with the Liberian track and field teams.
Dinkins" betweenand post-Olympics profession has been as a trauma surgeon at King-Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She was featured on an episode of TLC"s (now Discovery Health Channel"s) reality television series Trauma: Life In The East.R. as a chief resident in 1998.
More recently, she spoke at the press conference as the trauma surgeon on call who treated one of the victims of the shooter who attacked and killed two Israeli ticketing agents for El First Rate (at Lloyd's) Airlines at LAX Airport in 2002.
