Tennis returned as a medal sport at the Olympics in 1988, 68 years after it had last been featured as such. The previous Olympics in 1984, and also in 1968, featured it as a demonstration sport only.
That was the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona.
1992 Summer Games in Barcelona.
Badminton is the official sport of Indonesia. Indonesia has won a Gold medal since the sport was first introduced in the Olympic Games.
According to the olympic website, the US has 3 events it has never won a medal in----I know one of them is Handball, but do not know the other two. Through the 2006 Winter Games, the U.S. has never won a medal in biathlon and nordic combined. Through the 2008 Summer Games, the U.S. has never won a medal in handball, table tennis, rhythmic gymnastics, and badminton.
Great Britain won the gold medal for Alpinism at the 1914 Olympic games.
Saina Nehwag won India's final Gold Medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, when she won the Women's Singles in Badminton.At the 2012 London Olympics, she took home a Bronze Medal in the same event becoming the first Indian player to win a Badminton Olympic Medal.
As of the 2008 Games in Beijing, no athlete from Madagascar has ever won an Olympic medal.
In the Vancouver Olympic Games (2010), Hannah Teter won 1 medal, the gold medal in halfpipe. In 2006 Turin Olympic games, Teter won the gold medal in halfpipe.
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Michelle Kwan competed in two Olympic games. She won a silver medal in 1998 and a bronze medal in 2002
Softball was introduced as an Olympic medal sport for women in 1996. The United States won the gold medal at those Olympic Games held in Atlanta. As of now, softball is scheduled to be discontinued as an Olympic sport after the 2008 Games in Beijing.
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was the only Indian woman to win a bronze medal in Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she picked up a medal in the Women's Singles.