Who was the 1st black person to win a medal in a Winter Olympics?

Please don't get on me that I am asking a racist question there is no intention to segregate society into races and ethnic group,I just want to ask an Olympic question.

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Has any of u been skiing? Is it hard? when do u get the han gof it? any tips? Is it really dangerous??

Debi Thomas was a figure skater and the first African American to win a medal at the Winter Olympics. She won the bronze medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary in the year that Katarina Witt won the gold.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics, an American bobsledder Vonetta Flowers, along with driver Jill Bakken, won the gold medal in the two-woman bobsled, becoming the first black person to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics, an American speed skater Shani Davis became the first black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport (1,000m) and the fourth black Winter Olympics medalist.

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Figure Skating?

google.com do your own research.

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Track and Field question...?

idk i definitely know few have and i rarely see many competing

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USA cycling champ goes down to drug verdict- Time to get real?

i think wilma rudulph

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When are the paralympics held?

One athlete from Luxembourg competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, marking the first Olympic appearance by the nation.

Michel Théato won the marathon event in athletics. For a long while, it was assumed that Théato was French, and only in the late 20th century it was discovered that he was really from Luxembourg, making him the first Olympic medallist for Luxembourg. The International Olympic Committee still credits this gold medal for France, however.

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Are Snails any good at track n field sports? if so which 1's?

why do you have to say black?

“Choose people by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.”

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Will the Philippines win its first Olympic gold medal in 2008?

It was Jesse Owens! The Olympics in Berlin! Not sure what year but I do know that Hitler was UPSET when he saw that black man raise his hand up with a fist! That just gave me chills!

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The 2008 Beijing Olympics will be the best-organised ever - except for the language problem. Don't you agree?

In the WINTER Olympics, Vonetta Flowers (USA) was the first black person to win a medal. She and teammate Jill Baaken won the Gold in the two-woman bobsled event at the Salt Lake Olympics in 2002.

For a great article about black athletes in the Olympics, see the link below from NAM: New America Media

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Who won first place for the 2006 Olympics in ice dancing?

you did not say gold medal, so it has to be Debi Thomas 1988 bronze medal in figure skating

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