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As far as the Olympics goes, Charlotte Cooper won a gold medal in the Ladies Singles in tennis in the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris. She was the first woman in history to win an Olympic gold medal.
Fanny Blankers-Koen of Netherlands.
Fanny won 4 gold medals at the 1948 Summer Games in London (100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 4x100 meter relay, 80 meter hurdles).
That was Fanny Blankers-Koen of Netherlands who won four gold medals at the 1948 Games in London in 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 80 meter hurdles, and 4x100 meter relay.
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Myriam Bédard
The first Olympic medal won by a Nigerian woman was a bronze in the 4x100 meter relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The women that won the medals were Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, and Christy Opara-Thompson.
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