First U.S female gymnast to get the gold medal was Julianne McNamara.
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∙ 2008-07-19 19:21:49Yes. As of 2010 Alexandre Bilodeau won the first ever Olympic gold medal for Canada on home soil. He competed in the Men's Moguls.
Arlene Limas - in 1988, there were 16 gold medals in taekwondo. Ten medals went to South Korea, 3 went to the United States, 2 went to Taiwan and 1 went to Denmark. Arlene Limas (welter weight) won her match on September 17, 1988. Her team mates Lynnette Love (heavy weight), Dana Hee (light weight), Jimmy Kim (heavyweight), also brought home gold medals. In 1992, Herbert Perez (heavyweight) brought home a gold medal for TeamUSA. In 2000, Steven Lopez (lightweight) brought home a gold medal for TeamUSA. This was the first gold medal awarded in taekwondo since it was made an official medal sport of the Olympics. Previous medal winners competed in taekwondo as a demonstrations sport. In 2004, Steven Lopez (middleweight) brought home a gold medal for TeamUSA. In 2008, no one brought home a gold medal for TeamUSA. So, all together, TeamUSA has brought home seven gold medals.
France won the inaugural rugby union gold medal at their home games in 1900.
Daniel Igali.Igali won gold in men's welterweight freestyle wrestling at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney.
Probably because they won a gold medal, and they were on their home ground.
Romania took home the All-Around gold in 2000.
Saina Nehwag won India's final Gold Medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, when she won the Women's Singles in Badminton.At the 2012 London Olympics, she took home a Bronze Medal in the same event becoming the first Indian player to win a Badminton Olympic Medal.
In the 2004 Athen's Olympics, Romania took home the team gold.
Yes, In 1934 an Olympian from Great Britain sold his Olympic Gold Medal to pay off his home.
Netball was first introduced as a Commonwealth Games sport at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Australia took home the first gold medal edging out rivals, New Zealand.
The country that took home the gold medal in the Men's Rugby Sevens Tournament at the Rio 2016 Olympics was Fiji.
Switzerland took home the gold medal in the Men's Cross-Country Cycling event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.