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The first double amputee to compete in the Olympics was Oscar Pistorius. Another disabled athlete is George Eyser, he had a wooden leg. Im Dong Hyun who is nearly blind set records at the Olympic games.
That was Karnam Malleswari who won a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. As of the 2008 Games, she is the only Indian women to win a medal at the Olympics.
The first athlete to win a gold medal at an Olympic Games held in Asia was Alexey Vakhonin of the Soviet Union who won gold in men's bantamweight (56kg) weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo on October 11.
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I'm not entirerly sure but i know that the olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington came in 3rd and Lewis Hamilton came 2nd. This probably won't help you but what the heck... Ryan Giggs won in 2009
Lou Gehrig was the first athlete to appear on a Wheaties box in 1934.
Jim Torpe was the first duel sport athlete ...
Jack Dempsey was the first athlete to appear on the cover of Time magazine.
The First Athelte is iimpossible to answer.
The first athlete to appear on Meet The Press was Jackie Robinson on April 14, 1967.