SILVER Louis Tewanima, USA 32:06.6, 1912 Olympics
Jim thorpe
Jim Thorpe
win an olympic gold medal
No South American country has ever won a winter Olympic medal.
Vonetta Flowers.
Nigeria won her first Olympic gold medal in 1876
she won her first olympic medal in 1973
Figure skater Debi Thomas who won a bronze medal in ladies singles.
At the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Billy Mills was the second Native American to win an Olympic gold medal. His birth name was William Mervin Mills.
The Olympic gold medal is awarded for coming first in an Olympic event. It looks like a small golden circle.
China