On her first attempt in the high jump during the International Olympics Games in 1948, Albany, Georgia native Alice Coachman won the gold medal. She became the first African American of any country to win a gold medal. Despite her instant fame and large celebrations back home in the United ...
Paris Paralympics 2024 (Source:https://www.paralympic.org/paris-2024) Africa shone at the Paralympics, winning64 medals, with Morocco getting the most medals with15 medals, but Algeria topped the continent’s medal table thanks to its6 gold medalsvs. 3 gold for Morocco. Most medals were won...
Tokyo Olympics 2021: Oromo/Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan has won unique hat-trick of medals in 10000m (Gold), 5000m (Gold) and 1500m (Bronze). Sifan Hassan is the first athlete in this and other era to win three medals in these events in the same Olympics. Sifan Hassan Establishes Her D...
(see alsoCuban League) from 1878 until 1961, when the Cuban government abolished the professional game. With all the Cuban talent now at the amateur level, the Cubans began to dominate international amateur competition, winning the first gold medals given in baseball at theOlympic Gamesin ...