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Who was the first African American woman to win a gold medal in the Olympics?
Wilma Rudolph in 1960.
A female athelite who has win a gold medal?
Wilma Rudolph
Was the bronze medal that Wilma Rudolph won in 1956 her first medal?
No. Through 2009, the only two athletes to win a Spingarn Medal were Jackie Robinson in 1956 and Hank Aaron in 1975.
Who was the first African American woman to win four medals in the olympic games?
Wilma Rudolph. Wilma won a bronze medal in 4x100 meter relay at the 1956 Games in Melbourne and gold medals in 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, and 4x100 meter relay at the 1960 Games in Rome.
What subject did Wilma Rudolph study?
Wilma Rudolph studied education at Tennessee State University.
Wilma Rudolph overcame scarlet fever and pneumonia which left her crippled yet she emerged to win the 1960 olympic gold medal in?
Rome they only place of course where she set an unbeatable world record. -kaiden 101
Who won the gold mdeal in the women's 100 meter dash in the 2000 Olympics?
That was Marion Jones of the United States. Jones had that medal, and all of her Olympic medals, stripped in 2007 after she admitted taking performance enhancing substances prior to the 2000 Olympics.
When Wilma Rudolph was a child something happened to her that makes her 3 Olympics gold medal all more amazing what happened to her?
she had polio in her legs
Was the 100 meter dash what Wilma Rudolph get 11 seconds on?
Yes, Wilma won the gold medal in the women's 100 meter dash at the 1960 Summer Games in Rome in a time of 11.0 seconds.
When did Nigeria win her first Olympic gold medal?
Nigeria won her first Olympic gold medal in 1876
When was Wilma Rudolph's first Olympics game?
1956 Summer Games in Melbourne where she ran in the 200 meter dash and 4x100 meter relay. She won a bronze medal in the 4x100 and was eliminated in the preliminary heats of the 200.
When did Lauren Boyle get her first medal?
she won her first olympic medal in 1973
