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Who was the first British woman to win two athletic gold medals at the same Olympic Games?
Dame Kelly Holmes DBE OLY
Dame Kelly Holmes DBE OLY (born 19 April 1970) is a retired English middle distance athlete. Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1,500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Who is the first black British woman to win a gold medal at the Olympics?
She set a new Olympic record with her throw of 69.56 m ( 228 ft 21⁄2 in). Whitbread won bronze. She also became the first black British woman to have won an Olympic gold medal. Sanderson also won gold at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, with Whitbread taking silver.
Who was the first woman to win 3 gold medals in a single Olympic?
Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph, in full Wilma Glodean Rudolph, (born June 23, 1940, St. Bethlehem, near Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S.—died November 12, 1994, Brentwood, Tennessee), American sprinter, the first American woman to win three track-and-field gold medals in a single Olympics.
Who is Britain’s most successful Olympic female competitor in any sport?
Laura Kenny
Laura Kenny, with five gold medals, has the most golds of any British female athlete and became the first British woman to win gold at three consecutive Olympic Games at Tokyo 2020….Successful bids.
| Games | 2012 Summer Olympics |
|---|---|
| Host city | London |
| Dates | 27 July – 12 August |
| Nations | 204 |
| Participants | 10,820 |
Who was the youngest British woman to win a gold medal in swimming?
JARVIS, John Arthur. At the time of the 1912 Olympic, Belle Moore was at just over 17 and a half, was a swimming instructor when she won her gold medal as the lead swimmer in the successful 4 x 100 metres relay team at the 1912 Olympics, which made her the youngest British woman ever to win on Olympic gold medal.
Who was the first woman to win a gold medal in tennis?
On 11 July 1900 she proved just how good she was: competing against America’s Marion Jones, she won the women’s tennis final 6-1, 6-4 to become the first woman to win Olympic gold in an individual event, and the first British woman to take home a medal. Cooper went on to remain one of the best tennis players of the 19th century.
Who is the most successful British Olympic athlete?
Jason Kenny (top) has won the most gold medals of any British Olympian, with seven; his wife Laura Kenny (centre) has the most gold medals of any female British Olympian, with five. Lizzy Yarnold (bottom) is the most successful British Winter Olympian, with two gold medals.
Who was the first Australian woman to win five gold medals at the Olympics?
Swimmer Emma McKeon has made history in Tokyo as the first Australian woman to win five Olympic gold medals. Her achievement came as she also won a total of seven medals at the Games, the equal most for any female Olympian. The record was set by Russian gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya in 1952.