Yes ... Ann Packer of Great Britain won gold in women's 800 meter run at the 1964 Games in Tokyo, setting a world record of 2:01.1 in the finals.
She also won a silver medal in 400 meter run at the 1964 Games.
Every Athlete that won an event at the Olympic Games
Carl Lewis (He won 10 Olympic medal, 9 of them gold)
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.
Steve Hooker in men's pole vault at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
George Poage (USA) became the first black athlete to medal at the Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the 400m hurdles at the 1904 St Louis Olympics and he later went on to win the bronze in the 200m hurdles in the same games.He is the first African-American athlete to compete at the Olympic Games
Shaun White
Every Athlete that won an event at the Olympic Games
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Brittany Ann Mickelson
The International Olympic Committee does not give a cash reward along with the medals. Rather, the Olympic Committee in the athlete's home country, may reward the athlete for their success. A US gold medal winner for example receives $25,000 for a gold medal. Italy offers $182,000, Ghana offers $20,000.
Woman,s 4_100 free style relay
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Bonnie Blair
Charlotte Cooper won a gold medal in the Ladies Singles in tennis in the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris.
Hamish Carter won the gold medal in Athens, 2004; he finished 26th in Sydney, in 2000. The triathlon was introduced as an Olympic sport, in 2000, in Athens.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, no athlete from Cyprus has won an Olympic medal.
Carl Lewis (He won 10 Olympic medal, 9 of them gold)