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Steven Bradbury won Australia's first-ever Winter Olympics Gold Medal, when he survived a last-lap crash to win the 1000m event in the short-track speed skating.
He was also was a member of the 5000m relay team that won Australia's first-ever Winter Olympics medal, Bronze at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics.
I will say that Steven Bradbury's gold in Salt Lake in 2002 was the first winter Olympic Games gold medal for Australia
Edwin Flack was Austrailia's first gold medalist winning the Men's 800m track competition in 1896 (Athens).
Ian Thorpe won Australia's first gold medal at the 2000 Games in men's 400 meter freestyle swimming.
Bill Northam who won gold in the 5.5 meter class keel boat sailing event at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo at the age of 59.
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When did great Britain first compete in an Olympic games?
1896
What year did Mozambique first compete in the olympic games?
1980 Summer Games in Moscow. They sent 14 athletes to compete in swimming and athletics without winning a medal.
Which of the five continents that compete in the olympic games have not been awarded the olympic games to be held in their continent?
no
Did the USSR ever compete in the Olympic games?
yes
What is the nickname of Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong the first Ghanian to compete in a Winter Olympic Games in 2010?
The Snow Leopard
Who was the first Aboriginal to compete in the Olympic Games?
the first aboriginal Australian to participate in the olympic games was Kevin coombes in 1960, but he was a paralympian. (:
Did woman compete in the first modern olympic games?
Women were not allow to compete at the first Olympic in 1896.
When did Indonesia first compete in the olympic games?
1919
Did women compete in this first modern olympic games?
No they did not.
What were the first Olympic games that Italy attended and in which events did they compete?
Italy competed at the first Modern Olympic Games in 1896. They sent one athlete that compete in Shooting.
In what year were women first to compete?
Women were able to compete in the 1900 Olympic Games.
When did Jamaica first compete in the summer Olympic games?
1768
When did great Britain first compete in an Olympic games?
1896
What African country was the first to compete at the Olympic Games?
Kenya
Did women compete in the first modern olympic games?
No, they wern't allowed
What year did Cook Islands first compete in the Olympic games?
1988
The first Indian athlete to compete in the Olympic Games?
Milkha Singh
