Dominique Dawes won one gold medal in the Olympics, that being in 1996 in the team competition. She also won a bronze in the 1996 floor exercise and a bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics in the team competition.
There were 7 competitors at the 1996 games. This is the only time I can think of when the US had more than 6. They were: Amanda Borden, Amy Chow, Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Jaycie Phelps, and Kerri Strug.
in the ancient Olympics only free born males were allowed to attend
One. She won gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics in team competition. She also won a bronze at 1996 Games in floor exercise and a bronze at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in team competition.
Actually the first female African American gymnast to be recognized on the Elite level was Dianne Durham who was a Karolyite (trained with Bela Karolyi alongside Mary Lou Retton). Other prominent African American gymnasts....Elizabeth "Betty" Okino (also trained with Karolyi) and Dominique Dawes (Hill's) and for men it was Ron Galimore(1980) so it was Ron Galimore.
Dominique Dawes. Dominique won gold in team all-around at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. She also won two other Olympic medals, a bronze in team all-around at the 1992 Games in Barcelona and a bronze in floor exercise at the 1996 Games.
Women were not allowed to compete personally. Married women were not allowed to attend the games because of a penalty of death, although maidens were allowed to attend.
China has the most athletes with 638 competing in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
There has to be tighter security. Many of the spectators and athletes dont attend out of fear of these terrorists
Great Britain and France. France did not attend the summer games of 1904. The list for summer games is Britain, Australia, Greece and Switzerland.
There was no Olympics in 1939 but you aren't too far off. When the 1932 Winter Games were held in Lake Placid in the state of New York he was the governor and opened the games in the absence of President Herbert Hoover.
They would be killed ... but it's extremely unlikely that a woman could compete because they would play the Olympics naked, so that it was clear that all the athletes were men. Unmarried women were allowed to attend the games, since the Olympics were thought to be a good place for them to meet their future husbands. Married women were not allowed to attend, under penalty of death.