Ice Skater Debbie Thomas was the first African American to win a medal at a Winter Olympics, winning the bronze medal in ladies figure skating at the 1988 winter Olympics. She is now an orthopedic surgeon..
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∙ 14y agoEnith Brigitha NED 1976 bronze medal in both 100 & 200 free was the first black swimmer. Anthony Nesty SUR was the first black swimmer to win a gold medal in 1988 100 fly
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∙ 15y agoErnie Davis was the first black man to win the heisman trophy.
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∙ 14y agoVonetta Flowers (2002 Olympic Bobsled Champion) was the 1st African-American to Win a Gold Medal in the Winter Olympics
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∙ 12y agoShani Davis is the first African-American to won an winter Olympic gold medal in an individual event. He won it in 1000m speed skating event in 2006 in Turin, Italy.
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∙ 12y agoJohn Taylor USA 1908 men's 4x400 metres
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Jesse Owens was the fisrt black to win a gold medal
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First prize is molding with the gold material, but prize is not really Gold. Last time in 1912 the first prize was exactly GOLD. After that year it is molding with the gold material.
a metal; gold for first,silver for second and bronze for third
First place in the Olympics? Gold
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50.00 U.S. dollars
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Thailand participated in the Beijing Olympics and brought back a gold metal in weightlifting I believe.
Yes. if you are asking about metal it actually is gold plated silver.