Who is the first African woman to win Gold in the Olympics?

Answer 1

I believe that the first African to ever win a gold medal in the Olympics was Abebe Bikila who ran the marathon in the Rome Olympics in 1960. He ran the entire race barefoot and still won. Now that's amazing!

the real answer is that John Baxter Taylor jr. is the first AFRICAN AMERICAN gold medalist, in 1904

Answer 2

There are several answers to this question depending on what the specific question is: Alice Coachman made history when she became the first black woman and also the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal at the 1948 Games. The first woman competing for an African country to win an Olypmic gold medal was South African Esther Brand who won the women's high jump in 1952, though she was a white South African. The first black true African woman to win an Olympic gold medal would have been one of the members of Zimbabwe's women's hockey team who won gold in the 1980 Olympics. The first black true African woman to win an individual Olympic gold medal was Derartu Tulu winning gold for Ethiopia in the women's 10,000m in 1992.

Answer 3

Ethiopian Abebe Bikila who ran the Rome onlympic barefoot in 1960

Answer 4

That was Reggie Walker of South Africa (born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) who won the 100 meter dash at the 1908 Games in London

Answer 5

Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia in the 10,000 meter run at the 1992 Games in Barcelona.