The first Olympic medal for the Bahamas was a bronze won by Sloan Farrington and Durward Knowles in mixed two person keelboat sailing at the 1956 Games in Melbourne.
The first US gold medalist in the Modern Olympics was James Connolly in the triple jump in the 1896 Games in Athens.
Sharron Davies is a Gold Medalist but is also a Silver Medalist!
Maris Strombergs
Lee Lai Shun
It was Jack Lovelock
Herma Szabo (Austria)
Mark Harmon never was an Olympic gold medalist. You may be confusing him with Mark Spitz who WAS an Olympic gold medalist swimmer in the 1972 Olympics.
2008 Games in Beijing.The first ever gold medalist in the men's BMX event was Māris Štrombergs of Latvia. The first gold medalist in the women's BMX event was Anne-Caroline Chausson of France.
Hermann, and his last name is Maier.
Yes, and the fans were happy.
the first for the bahamas wasw sir durward knowles my great grandad
Yu-Na Kim was the women's gold medalist