Great Britain's first Olympic gold medalist was Launceston Elliot in one handed Weightlifting at the 1896 Games in Athens.
Mary Denise Rand.
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casandra martinez was the first lame women to win the medal of honer!!!!
Charlotte Cooper won a gold medal in the Ladies Singles in tennis in the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris.
Edwin Flack
Tan Howe Liang (weightlifter) is the first Singaporean to win a medal in Olympics. In the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he won silver medal in lightweight category.
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dirk henriksson from east stirlingshire
The church did not change the miraculous medal's name, it is the original name
should be a red rose as its the national flower as portrayed on English rugby union shirt
Vaughn-Williams' first name was Ralph (pronounced "Rafe")
Members of this group during the Civil War. http://ngeorgia.com/history/raiders.html Note that the medal's name is the Medal of Honor. Congressional is not a part of the name. AnswerThe First act of heroism for which a Medal of Honor was awarded was performed on 13 February 1861 at Apache Pass, Arizona. It was to Bernard J. D. Irwin, an Army Assistant Surgeon. He did not receive the medal until 1894. The first medal of honor was awarded to Pvt Jacob Parrott of the union states in April 1865 for sneaking behind confederate lines to blow up a railroad depot