Margaret Abbot was the first woman to win a Gold medal in the Olympics. She one in 1900 for golf
a gold medal if you come first, a silver medal if you come second and a bronze medal if you com third.
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Tejaswini Sawant
That was Marjorie Gestring of the United States who won gold in 3 meter springboard diving at the 1936 Games in Berlin. She the youngest person to win a gold medal in Olympic history, man or woman.
The youngest woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal was Helene Mayer of Germany. She won the Women's Individual Foil event in 1928 at the age of 17.
Gillian Sheen was the first and only British woman to win a gold medal in Olympic fencing. She did it in 1956, at the age of 28, in the Individual Women's Foil event.
She was 84 and she won Gold in the 100m
The first Australian woman to win a gold medal was Fanny Durack, from Sydney, in the 100 meter freestyle at the 1912 Games in Stockholm.
If you did the best in your event you win a gold medal if you pretty good and got second you get a silver medal and if you ok and you get third you get a bronze medal if you get worse than that you don't get anything.
Yvette Williams won her gold medal at the 1952 Games in Helsinki in women's long jump. She was the first woman from New Zealand to win an Olympic gold medal.
The first gold medal won by an Indian woman was at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok when Kamaljeet Sandhu won the 400 meter run.