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James Connolly (USA) won the first-ever modern Olympic Gold Medal when he won the triple jump, and the first wrestling Olympic champion was Carl Schuhmann (Germany) he defeated local Georgios Tsitas.

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The first gold medalist in the Modern Olympics was James Connolly of the United States in the triple jump in the 1896 Games in Athens.

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the name of the man was Corobus and u believe it or not he was a cook.

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A Greek man named Koroibos who won the stadion race in 776 BC. The stadion was a foot race of approximately 200 meters.

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the american athlete James B.Connolly 1896

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