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Who was the first female African-American athlete to win 3 gold medals in track and field?
Wilma Rudolph.
Which athlete was the first American women to win 3 gold medals in Olympic track and field competition?
Wilma Rudolph.
Who was the first African American woman to win 3 gold medals in the track and field Olympics in 1960?
Wilma Rudolph.
Who was the first native American to play pro baseball football and win Olympic gold medals in track and field?
Jim Thorpe.
What African American was the first to win three gold medals in the Olympics in the track field?
Jesse Owen in 1936 and Wilma Rudolph in 1960.
Who was the first American woman to win three track and field gold medals at one Olympics games?
In the 1960 Olympic Games Wilma Rudolph became the first American woman to win three gold medals. As an aside, Wilma was from Tennessee.
What was Wilma Rudolph job?
Wilma Rudolp got her career by running in the Olympics and winning three gold medals. She was the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field.
Who was the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field events during single olympic games at rome in 1960?
Wilma Rudolph.
Who won the most medals in track and field?
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Who was the first American woman to win 5 gold medals in Olympic track and field competition?
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing no woman athlete, American or other country, has won 5 Olympic gold medals in track and field. The most won by an American woman is 4 by Evelyn Ashford, 1 in the 100 meter dash and 3 in the 4x100 meter relay. Three other women have won 4 Olympic gold medals in track and field ... Bärbel Wöckel of East Germany, Betty Cuthbert of Australia, and Fanny Blankers-Koen of Netherlands.
Who was the native American who play professional baseball and football and won olympic gold medals in track and field?
Jim Thorpe.
Who was the native American who played profession baseball and football and won olympic gold medals in track and field?
Jim Thorpe.
