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First American woman to win 5 olympic gold medals?
Jenny Thompson
What African American woman to won 3 gold medals?
Who were the first three African American women to win medals in Olympic games?
Which American woman won more olimpicks medals?
America has traditionally had one of the most successful Olympic gymnastic teams. The woman with the most Olympic medals is Larissa Latynina.
Who was the first American woman to win three track and field gold medals at one Olympics games?
In the 1960 Olympic Games Wilma Rudolph became the first American woman to win three gold medals. As an aside, Wilma was from Tennessee.
Most Olympic gold medals won by an American woman?
Jenny Thompson with 8.
Who was the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field events during single olympic games at rome in 1960?
Wilma Rudolph.
Was Wilma Rudolph the first black woman to win three gold medals in an Olympic game?
no
First Black woman to win four olympic gold medals?
i think it is whilma Rudolph
Who was the first American woman to win 5 gold medals in Olympic track and field competition?
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing no woman athlete, American or other country, has won 5 Olympic gold medals in track and field. The most won by an American woman is 4 by Evelyn Ashford, 1 in the 100 meter dash and 3 in the 4x100 meter relay. Three other women have won 4 Olympic gold medals in track and field ... Bärbel Wöckel of East Germany, Betty Cuthbert of Australia, and Fanny Blankers-Koen of Netherlands.
Which track star won three gold medals at the 1960 Olympics?
Despite wearing leg braces as a child, sprinter Wilma Rudolph became the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals in a year.
Who was the first American woman to win 4 medals in an olympiad?
kerri brown
Who was the first American woman to win four medals in an Olympics?
Shawn Johnson
