Gillian Sheen was the first and only British woman to win a gold medal in Olympic fencing. She did it in 1956, at the age of 28, in the Individual Women's Foil event.
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Mariel Zagunis (United States) won the women's fencing gold medal in the individual Sabre event.
Mariel Zaqunis on the U.S.A. won the first gold medal of the 2008 summer games in the individual Sabre in fencing.
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The first British pole vaulter to win an Olympic medal was Dorothy Tyler in the 1936 Olympics. She won a silver medal in the women's pole vault event.
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Benjamin Kleibrink of Germany.
Mariel Zagunis of the United States.
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Britta HeidemannGermany (GER)
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