That was Reggie Walker from Durbin that won gold in the men's 100 meter dash at the 1908 Summer Games in London.
Reggie Walker.
The first athlete representing South Africa to win an Olympic gold medal was Reggie Walker who won the 100 meter dash event at the 1908 Games in London.
In 1908, John Baxter Taylor became the first African American to win a gold medal at the Olympics. Unfortunately, Taylor died of typhoid pneumonia later that year.
History is made everyday. In 1908 John Baxter Taylor was the first African American to earn a gold medal in the Olympics.
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Wilma Rudolph in 1960.
John Baxter Taylor .
George Coleman Poage was the first African American to win a medal in the Olympics.
Cullen Jones won a gold medal in the 4x100 freestyle relay in 2008.
Cullen Jones- Mens 4 x 100 relay team, 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics was the second african-american to win a gold medal in swimming. The first was Anthony Ervin, winning the 50-meter freestyle in a tie with Gary Hall Jr. in the Athens games in 2000.
South African Medal for War Services was created in 1945.
That was Reggie Walker of South Africa who won the 100 meter dash at the 1908 Olympics in London.