1960 Games in Rome in light heavyweight class boxing.
Muhammad Ali has an Olympic Gold Medal in Boxing
The story is said about Muhammad Ali (aka Cassius Clay) that after he was refused to be served at a whites only restaurant he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River. Others claim that he lost it and the story is not true. He did receive a new gold medal in 1996 at the Olympic games in Atlanta.
Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, won the gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome.
Sport wise, winning an olympic gold medal in 1960.
He did not. He was protesting but not to that extent.
The Olympic gold medal is plated with six grams of pure gold. The medal is mostly silver (92.5%).
Muhammad Ali won one Olympic medal, a gold in light heavyweight boxing at the 1960 Summer Games in Rome.
Muhammad Ali threw his gold medal in thew Ohio River.
Muhammad Ali, then know as Cassius Clay, won an Olympic gold medal in Heavyweight Boxing at the 1960 Rome Olympics. He was representing the United States.
Muhammad Ali.
A round medal with an Olympic logo on it.
Nigeria won her first Olympic gold medal in 1876