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The first Irish born Olympic champion was John Pius Boland who won gold in men's singles tennis at the 1896 Games in Athens. Boland was born in Dublin and competed for Great Britain.
The first gold medalist for an independent Ireland was Pat O'Callahan who won men's hammer throw at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. He was born in Kanturk, Cork.
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Who was the first gold medalist from the United States?
The first US gold medalist in the Modern Olympics was James Connolly in the triple jump in the 1896 Games in Athens.
Is sharron Davis a gold medalist?
Sharron Davies is a Gold Medalist but is also a Silver Medalist!
Who was the first gold medalist in bmx racing at the Olympics?
Maris Strombergs
Who was the first New Zealand track and field gold medalist?
It was Jack Lovelock
First female gold medalist in figure skating?
Herma Szabo (Austria)
Who was the first female Olympic gold medalist from the Asia?
Lee Lai Shun
When was Mark Harmon an Olympic gold medalist?
Mark Harmon never was an Olympic gold medalist. You may be confusing him with Mark Spitz who WAS an Olympic gold medalist swimmer in the 1972 Olympics.
When did BMX first appear in the Olympics?
2008 Games in Beijing.The first ever gold medalist in the men's BMX event was Māris Štrombergs of Latvia. The first gold medalist in the women's BMX event was Anne-Caroline Chausson of France.
What is gold medalist skier hermanns first name?
Hermann, and his last name is Maier.
Was Alexandre Bilodeau the first gold medalist in Vancouver 2010?
Yes, and the fans were happy.
2008 figure skating gold medalist in Beijing Olympics?
Yu-Na Kim was the women's gold medalist
Who was the first winter olympic gold medalist?
Charles Jewtraw won the first ever Olympic winter gold medal in the 500 meter speed-skating.
