gold medal in the 10000-meter event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble , France .
Kalla is the Sweden 's first female individual gold medalist in cross-country skiing since Toini Gustafsson 's 5 km winolympics.olympic_medal_honorGrenoble in 1968 .
Alvin Christian `` Al '' Kraenzlein ( December 12 , 1876 – January 6 , 1928 ) , known as `` the father of the modern hurdling technique '' , was an American track-and-field athlete , and the first sportsman in the history of Olympic games to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorindividual gold medals in a single event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris .
He is the first sportsperson to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorindividual Silver for India since Norman Pritchard , who won two Silver Medals at the 1900 Paris Olympics .
With his two individual gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics he became the second shooter ( a day behind Alfred Lane of the United States ) and the first rifle shooter to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorindividual Olympic gold medals .
Alma Wilford Richards ( February 20 , 1890 – April 3 , 1963 ) was a high jumper and was famous for being the first resident of Utah to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorgold medal at the Olympic Games , in 1912 , in the running high jump event .
Beamish also partnered Charles Dixon to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorBronze medal in the indoor doubles event at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics .
Craig 's older brother , Ralph Craig , was also a track star at the University of Michigan who went on to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorgold medals in the 100 and 200-meter events at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm , Sweden .
With his three gold medals in 2008 Summer Olympics , Hoy became Scotland 's most successful Olympian , the first British athlete to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorgold medals in a single Olympic Games since Henry Taylor in 1908 , and the most successful Olympic cyclist of all time .
The members of the Irish American Athletic Club who were medalists in the 1908 Olympic Games were ; Charles Bacon , 400 meter hurdles , gold ; George Bonhag , 3 mile team race , silver ; Robert Cloughen , 200 metres race , silver ; John Flanagan , hammer throw , gold ; Johnny Hayes , marathon , gold ; Bill Horr , discus-free style , bronze , discus-Greek style , silver ; Matt McGrath , hammer throw , silver ; Harry Porter , high jump , gold ; Melvin Sheppard , 800 metres race , gold , 1,500 metres race , gold , 1,600 metres medley relay , gold ; and Martin Sheridan , discus-free style , gold , discus-Greek style , gold , and standing long jump , bronze ; and John Baxter Taylor , Jr. , who passed the baton to Mel Sheppard , to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorgold in the 1,600 meter medley relay , becoming the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal .
Campbell beat Nevin in the final bout , and dropped the Irishman at the start of the third round , thus becoming the first bantamweight boxer to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorgold for Great Britain since Henry Thomas in 1908 .
Known for his `` net-rusher '' style , Bell went on to winolympics.olympic_medal_honormedals in tennis at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis – a bronze in the men 's singles event , and a silver in the men 's doubles tournament , partnering with Robert LeRoy .
Myer Prinstein , competing as a member of the Irish American Athletic Club in St. Louis 1904 , won both the long jump and the hop , step and jump ( now called the triple jump ) on the same day , the only athlete ever to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorevents in the same games .
In the lightweight category of the 1904 Summer Olympics he defeated fellow American Jack Egan in the final to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorgold medal but took silver in the heavier welterweight category .
The swimming events at the 1896 Olympic Games were held in a bay in the Aegean Sea with swimmers being required to swim to the shore—Hungarian swimmer Alfréd Hajós won two gold medals that year , saying `` My will to live completely overcame my desire to winolympics.olympic_medal_honor''
Figure skater Evan Lysacek became the first American man to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorOlympic men 's figure skating title since Brian Boitano in 1988 at Calgary .
In 1998 , Wagner watched Tara Lipinski winolympics.olympic_medal_honorgold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics on television .
Klassen also became the first female speed skater to winolympics.olympic_medal_honormedals in a single Olympics , surpassing Lidiya Skoblikova 's four medals in the 1964 Olympics .
Andrea Schöne , who won a silver medal in 1976 , is the youngest female athlete in an individual event to winolympics.olympic_medal_honormedal .
Two weeks after that at the Olympic Trials in Concord , California , Morrison lost a split decision to Ray Mercer , who would go on to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorgold medal at the Seoul Olympics .
The 1936 Summer Olympics saw two Koreans winolympics.olympic_medal_honormedals : Sohn Kee-chung took the gold while Nam Sung-yong was the bronze medallist .
The first Korean athletes to winolympics.olympic_medal_honordid so at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , when Sohn Kee-chung and Nam Sung-yong won gold and bronze respectively in the men 's marathon .
Oberst was the first American to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorOlympic medal in the javelin throw , and only seven Americans have medaled since , most notably Babe Didrikson at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles .
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics , Kenenisa Bekele became the second man to achieve this feat , while fellow Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba became the first woman to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorin both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters .
It was at the age of ten that Whitfield witnessed Australia 's Dawn Fraser winolympics.olympic_medal_honorthird consecutive 100-metre freestyle Olympic gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics , becoming the first Olympian to win an individual event three time consecutively , that forged her resolve to become an Olympian .
The first Australian woman to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorOlympic medal was Shirley Strickland , at the 1948 London Games , with a bronze medal in the 100 metres sprint while Australia 's first female gold medalist in athletics was Marjorie Jackson who won the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint races in 1952 .
Moiseev also became the second modern pentathlete to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorindividual gold medals since Lars Hall of Sweden in 1952 and in 1956 .
Shakes-Drayton won the 400 m hurdles at the 2008 Olympic Games GB trials but failed to obtain the A grade selection standard , thus veteranTasha Danvers was chosen to represent Great Britain instead , going on to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorbronze medal .
The games success was due in a large part to the emerging African stars , such as Wilson Kiprugut Chuma ( silver medalist in the Tokyo 800 meters ) , Mohammed Gammoudi ( silver medalist Tokyo , 10,000 meters ) , and Kip Keino , Naftali Temu and Mamo Wolde , who would all winolympics.olympic_medal_honorthree years later at the Mexico City Olympic Games .
After independence from the United States , the country did not winolympics.olympic_medal_honormedal until the Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics , where boxer Anthony Villanueva was beaten at the gold medal bout .
Tanzania , however , failed to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorfirst ever Olympic medal since the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow , where steeplechase runner Filbert Bayi , and long-distance runner Suleiman Nyambui won silver for each of their respective sporting events .
Alberto Juantorena of Cuba at the 1976 Summer Olympics became the first and so far the only athlete to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 400 m and 800 m Olympic titles .
Kharis Kharisovich Yunichev ( ; 7 August 1931 – 12 February 2006 ) was the first Soviet male swimmer to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorOlympic medal – at the 1956 Summer Olympics he finished third in the 200 m breaststroke event .
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics , Nadal defeated Novak Djoković in the semifinals and Fernando González of Chile in the final to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorfirst Olympic gold medal .
Four years later at the Atlanta Olympic Games of 1996 , Cuthbert helped the Jamaican 4 x 100 meter sprint relay team along with Michelle Freeman , Nikole Mitchell , and Merlene Ottey finish in third place and winolympics.olympic_medal_honorbronze medal .
Nesty was the second and last black athlete to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorindividual Olympic medal in swimming ( until Cullen Jones in 2012 ) following Enith Brigitha at the 1976 Summer Olympics , and only the second South American swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal after Alberto Zorrilla in the 1928 Summer Olympics .
American Edward Eagan became the first athlete to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorat both Summer and Winter Olympics ; he had won a gold medal in light heavyweight boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics and took home a gold in the four-man bobsleigh at Lake Placid .
The next years saw the raise of Eduardo Risso , another extraordinary athlete that won the local and South American championships apart of being the second athlete of the club to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorOlympic medal , a silver one in the 1948 Summer Olympics .
Neuner 's older sister , Angelika , won a silver medal in this same event at the same games and would winolympics.olympic_medal_honorbronze in this event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano .
The triple jump competition was a scene of Japanese dominance as the other podium finishers , Kenkichi Oshima and Chuhei Nambu , went on to winolympics.olympic_medal_honormedals at the 1932 Summer Olympics .
A native of the Bale Province , Ethiopia , he became attracted to the idea of professional running after seeing his countryman Haile Gebrselassie beat Paul Tergat to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the 2000 Sydney Olympics .
In 1960 , Haines was selected to coach at the 1960 Summer Olympics , and seven of his swimmers from Santa Clara also qualified , including 1960 gold medalists Chris von Saltza , Lynn Burke , George Harrison , and Paul Hait ; the first class also included Donna de Varona and Steve Clark , who would winolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the 1964 Olympics .
Slightly behind coming off the turn , Wariner stormed ahead over the last hundred metres to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorrace at 44.00 seconds , the fastest time ever recorded in this event since American legend Michael Johnson won the gold in Sydney 2000 .
By doing so , Jin also became the first man to winolympics.olympic_medal_honor10 metre air pistol and 50 metre pistol gold medals at the same Olympics , and one of the five shooters to win two individual gold medals at one Olympics , being the first man to have done so since Otto Olsen of Norway at the 1920 Summer Olympics .
Motorcycle racer , Craig Jones , lived in city until his death after a high-speed crash at Brands Hatch ; as does Louis Smith , who at the 2008 games became Great Britain 's first gymnast to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorindividual Olympic medal in a century .
At the Olympic Games in Sydney , she defeated Sánchez Vicario in the quarterfinals , Seles in the semifinals , and Elena Dementieva in the final to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorgold medal .
He did n't compete in the 1960 Summer Olympics , when Abebe Bikila became the first Ethiopian to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorgold medal .
In doing so , Kenteris became the first White male to winolympics.olympic_medal_honor200 metre sprinting medal at the Olympics since Pietro Mennea achieved the feat by winning gold at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow .
At one point he competed in the slalom against Ross Rebagliati , who would later go on to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorgold in the 1998 Winter Olympics .