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Charles Jewtraw won the first ever Olympic winter gold medal in the 500 meter speed-skating.
The US beat Russia in the biggest upset now known as the Miracle on Ice. They beat the Finns in the Gold Medal game.
Amy Williams
Vonetta Flowers.
Bonnie Blair
The Olympic gold medal is plated with six grams of pure gold. The medal is mostly silver (92.5%).
Bonnie Blair won 5 gold and 1 bronze medal in 3 Olympics.
As far as the Winter Olympics are concerned, Germany has never won a gold medal. Their best finish was 3rd (bronze medal) at the 1932 and 1976 Winter Olympic Games.
Herma Szabo of Austria won the gold medal in Women's singles in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.
A round medal with an Olympic logo on it.
1924 Winter Games in Chamonix. Switzerland won 2 gold and 1 bronze at the 1924 Winter Games. The first ever Winter Olympic medal won by Switzerland was a gold by their Military Ski Patrol team of Alfons Julen, Anton Julen, Denis Vaucher, and Alfred Aufdenblatten.
Viktor Petrenko of the Unified Team.