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John Taylor was the first African American to win a gold medal in the Olympics. In 2012, Gabby Douglas became the first African American gymnast to win the individual all-around gold medal.
The first African American woman to win a gold medal was Alice Coachman of Albany, Georgia who won the high jump event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
John Baxter Taylor was the first African American person to receive a gold medal in the Olympics. He received this gold medal in the Olympics of 1908.
She was the first African American Congresswoman from the South. President Clinton gave her the Medal of Freedom.
For the winter olympics, it was Vonetta Flowers in 2002 for two-women bobsleigh. But for generally, that was John Baxter Taylor in the Medley Relay at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Medley Relay was similar to the 4x400 but the competitors ran different distances ... the first two runners ran 200 meters, the third runner ran 400 meters, and the last runner ran 800 meters. Taylor was the third runner, running the 400 meter distance.Incredibly, shortly after returning home he contracted typhoid fever and passed away on December 2, 1908.John Baxter Taylor in the medley sprint relay at he 1908 Olympics.
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