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In 1908, John Baxter Taylor became the first African American to win a gold medal at the Olympics. Unfortunately, Taylor died of typhoid pneumonia later that year.
History is made everyday. In 1908 John Baxter Taylor was the first African American to earn a gold medal in the Olympics.
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Margaret Abbot was the first woman to win a Gold medal in the Olympics. She one in 1900 for golf
Wilma Rudolph in 1960.
John Baxter Taylor .
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It is the gold medal.
Gold medal
Cullen Jones- Mens 4 x 100 relay team, 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics was the second african-american to win a gold medal in swimming. The first was Anthony Ervin, winning the 50-meter freestyle in a tie with Gary Hall Jr. in the Athens games in 2000.
latvian cyclist won the first medal in olympics 2012
Shawn Johnson is an American Olympian who won her first official gold medal in 2008 in the Beijing Olympics! Go America!