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.
Yes, and the fans were happy.
Yu-Na Kim was the women's gold medalist
Charles Jewtraw won the first ever Olympic winter gold medal in the 500 meter speed-skating.
Some are .... 1) Muhammad Ali - 1960 gold medalist in the light heavyweight division 2) Joe Frazier - 1964 gold medalist in the heavyweight division 3) George Foreman - 1972 gold medalist in the heavyweight division 4) Sugar Ray Leonard - 1976 gold medalist in the welterweight division 5) Oscar de la Hoya - 1992 gold medalist in the lightweight division