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Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that is Akinori Nakayama who won 4 gold medals in gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Games.
Athlete: Swimmer Don Schollander of the United States with 4.
Country: United States with 36.
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In which sport was the first Japanese olympic medal?
That was tennis at the 1920 Games in Antwerp. Ichiya Kumagai won the silver medal.
Who are the 10 most famous Australian Olympic athletes?
I'll start things off: 1) Dawn Fraser - 4 time Olympic gold medalist (swimming) and first swimmer in Olympic history to win gold in the same event at three consecutive Games (100 meter freestyle in 1956, 1960, 1964). 2) Cathy Freeman - first Australian aboriginal to win gold. 3) Ian Thorpe - five time gold medalist in swimming. 4) Shane Gould - three time gold medalist in swimming at the 1972 Games. She was 15 years old at the time. 5) Field Hockey teams - women have won three gold medals and the men are the defending champions having won in 2004.
Who was the first ever athlete to win an olympic gold medal?
James Connolly (USA) won the first-ever modern Olympic Gold Medal when he won the triple jump, and the first wrestling Olympic champion was Carl Schuhmann (Germany) he defeated local Georgios Tsitas.
Who won NZ27s First Olympic Gold Medal?
manish
When Pakistan won first gold medal in olympic?
Pakistan won its first Gold in 1948 in 200 meter sprint
Who was the first Australian olympic medalist?
Stephine Rice Stephine Rice you won the first one
Who won Kenya's first Olympic medal?
Wilson Kiprugut was Kenya's first Olympic medalist when he won a bronze in men's 800 meter run at the 1964 Games in Tokyo.
Who was the first winter olympic gold medalist?
Charles Jewtraw won the first ever Olympic winter gold medal in the 500 meter speed-skating.
Who was the first NZ Olympic track and field gold medalist in 1936?
That was Jack Lovelock who won gold in the 1500 meter run at the 1936 Games in Berlin.
Who was the 1960 Olympic figure skating gold medalist?
Carol Agen won the gold medal in 1960.
Youngest Olympic figure skating gold medalist?
Tara Lipinski was the youngest figure skating gold medalist. She won it when she was 15 years old in the 1998 Olympics.
Name the first male british althlete who has won a gold medal?
Great Britain's first Olympic gold medalist was Launceston Elliot in one handed weightlifting at the 1896 Games in Athens.
Who was the first Irish gold medalist?
The first Irish born Olympic champion was John Pius Boland who won gold in men's singles tennis at the 1896 Games in Athens. Boland was born in Dublin and competed for Great Britain. The first gold medalist for an independent Ireland was Pat O'Callahan who won men's hammer throw at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. He was born in Kanturk, Cork.
Who won the Sportsmen of the Year Award in 1956?
1956 Bobby Joe Morrow Track and field Double Olympic gold medalist
Mark Todd won a gold medal in which event?
Mark Todd is a two time Olympic gold medalist in equestrian.
Who won the first British Olympic swimming gold medal?
John Jarvis. Jarvis was Great Britain's first Olympic gold medalist in swimming, winning the men's 1000 meter event and 4000 meter event at the 1900 Games in Paris. He was also a member of Great Britain's water polo team that won gold in 1900.
In which sport was the first Japanese olympic medal?
That was tennis at the 1920 Games in Antwerp. Ichiya Kumagai won the silver medal.
