Mary Denise Rand, (born 10 February 1940) is a former English track-and-field athlete. She won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking the world record, becoming the first-ever British female to win an Olympic gold medal in a track and field event.
The first Winter Olympics gold medal won by an athlete(s) representing Great Britain was won at the 1924 Games in Chamonix by the British Curling team (Willie Jackson, Robin Welsh, Tom Murray, and Laurence Jackson).
Charlotte Cooper in women's singles tennis at the 1900 Games in Paris.
The very first gold medal awarded at the 1930 British Empire Games was to Billy Savidan (NZL) in the mens 6 mile
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The Winter Olympics were first held in 1924 in the French resort of Chamonix and were imagined by Eugene Brunettea d'Usseaux (ITA) in 1911
The First winter Olympics was in Chamonix,France in 1924.
The first Winter Olympics was in 1924.
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The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
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It was the Summer Olympics
There were no Winter Olympics in 1942.
The first Winter olympics were held in 1924 - at Chamonix, in France.
Sixteen countries participated in the first Winter Olympics in 1924.
The Winter Olympics were first hosted in 1924. There were no Winter Olympic Games in 1870.