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What was nationality of first woman to take Olympic swimming gold?
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Who was the first woman to win an Olympic marathon and what was her nationality?
Joan Benoit of the United States at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
What nationality was the first woman to win a swimming gold medal?
That was Fanny Durack of Australia who won the 100 meter freestyle event at the 1912 Games in Stockholm.
What year did Alice Coachman go to Olympics?
1948 Summer Games in London. She won gold in high jump and became the first African-American woman, and the first black woman of any nationality, to win an Olympic gold medal.
Did woman compete in the first modern olympic games?
Women were not allow to compete at the first Olympic in 1896.
What olympic event did the first woman compete in?
Croquet
When was the first modern olympic games opened to woman?
The 1900 Olympics were the first modern Olympic Games to be open to women.
Who is the first woman to net six gold medal in Olympic?
E.Ashford
In what event did a woman win the first Olympic medal presented to a female?
Croquet
2008 olympic 100 meters gold medal?
Track and Field men: Usain Bolt Track and Field women: Shelly Ann-Fraser Swimming men: Alain Bernard Swimming woman: Britta Steffen
Who was the first Australian Olympic athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in London?
Woman,s 4_100 free style relay
Who was the first British woman to win a gold medal in Olympic fencing?
Gillian Sheen was the first and only British woman to win a gold medal in Olympic fencing. She did it in 1956, at the age of 28, in the Individual Women's Foil event.
Who was the first jamaican woman to win olympic gold in sprinting?
veronica campbell-brown
