In 1896, in Athens Greece, the heats of the 100 metres were the first Olympic event to be conducted, and the winner of the first heat, Francis Lane, can thus be considered the first Olympic winner. Women were not allowed to compete at the 1896 Summer Olympics. [1]
In 1900, in Paris France, Charlotte Cooper was the first woman to become Olympic champion after winning the women's singles tennis competition. [2]
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Margaret Abbot was the first woman to win a Gold medal in the Olympics. She one in 1900 for golf
Wilma Rudolph in 1960.
I don't know that history has recorded the first woman to compete in the Olympics. History has recorded that the first woman to win a gold medal was Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain who won gold in ladies singles tennis in the 1900 Olympics in Paris. The 1900 Olympics were the second Olympics of the modern era and the first that women were allowed to compete in. Women were not allowed to compete in the first modern Olympics held in Greece in 1896.
The first women from Australia to win medals in the Olympics were Fanny Durick and Wilhemina Wylie who won gold and silver, respectively, in the 100 meter freestyle at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.
That was Margaret Abbott in women's golf at the 1900 Games in Paris.
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Vonetta Flowers was the first African American to win gold in the Winter Olympics when she teamed with Jill Bakken to win the two-woman bobsled event at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
Gladys Davis won a silver medal at the 1924 Olympics in the Individual Women's Foil event.
abhinav bindra is the first Punjabi to win a medal in Olympics