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Who was the first person to win the olympic games?
A chef from Ellis named Coroebus
Who was the first winner at the first olympic game?
We don't know who was the first winner of the Olympic games. The Greeks start to record the Olympics in 776 B.C. but the games took place from 1000 B.C. So the first recorded winner was Κόροιβος (Coroebus) a baker from Elis an area in northen-western Greece, very near to Olympia.
What was the first olympic event open to women?
Women first participated at the 1900 Games in Paris in tennis, golf, and croquet. The first woman Olympic champion was Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain in ladies singles tennis.
Who was the first person to win a gold medal in olympic shooting event?
The first Olympic champion in shooting was Pantelis Karasevdas of Greece who won the 200 meter military rifle competition at the 1896 Games in Athens.
James B Connolly won the gold medal in which Olympic event?
James Brendan Connolly became the first Olympic champion in 1527 years when he won the gold medal in the triple jump(hop,step and jump)at the 1896 Olympics in Athens.He won the silver medal in the same event ,four years later in Paris.
