who were the first african americans to win the olympics?
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GEORGE POAGE\nGeorge Coleman Poage was  the first Black Olympic medal winner. He won a bronze medal in the third Olympic games in St. Louis, Missouri. \n\nDEBI THOMAS\nShe was the first African American to win the national and the world championships as well as the first African American to win a medal in the Winter Olympic Games (it wasn't a gold medal).\n\nVONETTA FLOWERS\nVonetta Flowers became the first African-American GOLD medallist in the history of the Winter Olympic Games. \nShe and partner Jull Brakken won the inaugural women's two-person bobsled event.
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Men's Singles:\nGold - Robin Cousins (United Kingdom)\nSilver - Jan Hoffmann (East Germany)\nBronze - Charles Tickner (USA)\n\nWomen's Singles:\nGold - Anett Pötzsch (East Germany)\nSilver - Linda Fratianne (USA)\nBronze - Dagmar Lurz (Germany)\n\nPairs:\nGold - Irina Rodnina / Aleksandr Zaytsev (Soviet Union)\nSilver - Marina Cherkasova / Sergey Shakray (Soviet Union)\nBronze - Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorff (East Germany)\n\nIce Dancing:\nGold - Natalya Linichuk / Gennadi Karponossov (Soviet Union)\nSilver - Krisztina Regöczy / Andras Sallay (Hungary)\nBronze - Irina Moiseyeva / Andrey Minenkov (Soviet Union)\n\nThe site below gives you Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners in each of these categories from 1908 to 2002.
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If you mean from the city's standpoint, I would say either the LA Olympics of 1984 (which were the first to ever turn a profit) or the 1992 Barcelona games.\n\nFrom a USA perspective of what made our country feel good, I would say the 1980 lake placid winter games. Eric Heiden's 5 gold medals in speed skating and the miracle on ice with USA hockey beating the soviets was a proud moment in an America which was bogged down in malaise.
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It's not just the Wizard of Westwood, John Wooden.  I believe Jim Harrick was coach of the 1995 Bruin NCAA Champs.\n\nDon't forget the Kentucky Wildcats won a few when they were led by the Baron Adolph Rupp.  His legacy is lessened by his history of excluding African Americans.\n\nAlso I assume you mean NCAA men.  If you did not, you must include Pat Summit and the Tennessee Volunteers.
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Oscar Swahn of Sweden was a shooter who competed at three Olympic games, and won several medals. When the 1912 Summer Olympics came to his native country Sweden, he was a member of the single shot running deer team, which won the gold medal. He also won bronze again at the individual double shot running deer event, but he came fifth in the individual single shot event, which was won by his son Alfred Swahn. At 64 years, he became the oldest golden medalist ever, which he still remains up to today.
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The first ancient olympics games were held around 776 BC in athens.....thats the earliest known date.\n\nThe first modern day olympics was held in 1896 at athens.  hope this helps
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Do you mean Elijah Abel, first black member and ordained minister of the Mormons (1836)?
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On this day in 1884, Harry Haskell Lew was born in Lowell to a family that had long been active in the struggle for racial equality. Known from childhood as "Bucky," he made his mark as the first African American to play professional basketball. After leading the local YMCA team to a Merrimack Valley championship, he played defense for...
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Shirley Chisholm was both the first African American and the first woman to be a serious candidate for president of the United States.  She first ran for president in 1972.
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Larry Doby on July 5, 9147 with the Cleveland Indians\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_First_MLB_Black_Player_by_Team_and_Date
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Is the African American Black or White?
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You can find information on all the Olympic medalists here:\n\nhttp://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp
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My best guess would be Canadian gymnist Alexandra Orlando who won 6 gold medals, one in every event she competed in.  She was the 4th person in Commonwealth history to do that.\nHope that helps!\nCheers!\n\nEdited to add: Oops... yeah, what that person said above me.  But 6 medals is pretty cool still. LOL
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The answer is Jackie Robinson.  In 1947, he became the first African-American player in Major League Baseball.  He was honored as Rookie of the YEar (then only awarded to one player).  Two years later, he was given the National League MVP for a stellar season.\n\nJackie Robinson was a pioneer in the MLB and his memory is still kept alive becuase is his number is retired league-wide.
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Hjalmar Anderson. I confirm. Even with the silver and bronze medals nobody was near that
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Derek Redmond\n\nNote: A very easy Google: "British 400m Olympics father"
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First person to dunk it was wilt chamberlain.