Vonetta Flowers.
Flowers won a gold medal, with partner Jill Bakken, in women's two person bobsled at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City.
Vonetta Flowers was the first African American to win gold in the Winter Olympics when she teamed with Jill Bakken to win the two-woman bobsled event at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Shani Davis was the first African American to win gold in a Winter Olympics individual event when he won the 1,000 meter speed skating event at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin.
Vonetta Flowers was the first African American to win gold in the Winter Olympics when she teamed with Jill Bakken to win the two-woman bobsled event at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
Vonetta Flowers in women's twos bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
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History is made everyday. In 1908 John Baxter Taylor was the first African American to earn a gold medal in the Olympics.
Shani Davis in 1000 meter speed skating at the 2006 Games in Turin.
The 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver is the first Olympics American luger Megan Sweeney has participated in.
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In 1908, John Baxter Taylor became the first African American to win a gold medal at the Olympics. Unfortunately, Taylor died of typhoid pneumonia later that year.
The First winter Olympics was in Chamonix,France in 1924.
Jesse Owens.