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Who was the first Australian athlete to win a medal in the world wide Olympics in 2008?
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== == In the SUMMER Olympics, I think it was Stephanie Rice.
Steven Bradbury was the first Australian athelete to win gold in the Winter Olympics. It was for the 1,000 metre short track speed skating in the 2002 games. Australia is the only country in the Southern Hemisphere to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
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