The first Australian to win gold was swimmer Frederick Lane who won the 200 meter freestyle and 200 meter obstacle events at the 1900 Games in Paris. Lane was from Manly, New South Wales.
Micheal Jordan
Sharath M. Gayakwad was the one armed swimmer at the Paralympics in London. He is the first Indian swimmer to swim in a Paralympics.
The first Australian to win Gold at the Olympics was Edwin Flack at the first ever modern Olympic games in Athens in 1896.
When and where were the first modern Summer Olympics held
She is a South African swimmer who is currently training in Australia. London 2012 will be her second Olympics, her first being Beijing.
1896 the first modern Olympics started
The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece in 1896.
Stephanie Rice is an Australian Olympic Swimmer. She has won several medals at different competitions. In 2008 at the Beijing Olympics she won Australia's first gold metal in the 400 meter individual medley.
leisel jones was 15 at her first Olympics. She is the first Australian to go to 4 olympics
There are alot of athletes that went to the Beijing 2008 Olympics. 433 athletes went to the 2008 Olympics, which is the second most amount of Australian athletes that have gone to the Olympics Athens was first with 482 Australian athletes that went.
Australian women first competed in the Olympics in 1912. The first Australian woman to win a gold medal was Fanny Durack, from Sydney, in the 100 meter freestyle at the 1912 Games in Stockholm.
the first modern Olympics occurred in 1896