Charlotte Cooper
Mary Denise Rand.
Jessica Ennis
Charlotte Cooper won a gold medal in the Ladies Singles in tennis in the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris.
Kelly Holmes, Rebecca Adlington, and Christine Ohuruogu.
Rebecca Adlington Christine Ohurugu Amy Williams
micheal Jackson - very wrong the answer is Victoria Pendleton- won gold in cycling.
Hasely Crawford was the first Trinidad and Tobago athlete to win a gold medal. He won the 100 meter dash at hte 1976 Montreal Olympics.
Brittany Ann Mickelson
First U.S female gymnast to get the gold medal was Julianne McNamara.
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The first person to win an Olympic gold medal is often considered to be the ancient Greek athlete Coroebus of Elis, who won the stadion race in the first recorded Olympic Games in 776 BC. In modern Olympics, the first gold medal was awarded to the American athlete James Connolly in the triple jump at the 1896 Athens Games.
Mariel Zaqunis on the U.S.A. won the first gold medal of the 2008 summer games in the individual Sabre in fencing.