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Women first competed at the 1900 Paris Games. Women were allowed to compete in lawn tennis and Golf, though there were three French women competing in croquet and there was at least one woman sailor as part of mixed crews. It is commonly believed that first woman to win an Olympic event was England's Charlotte Cooper, who won the tennis singles title, however Swiss sailor Hélène de Pourtalès won a gold medal as part of a team in sailing earlier than this.

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They were never allowed compete in Olympics.

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