Olympic Games Quiz: 1st Australian Woman Medal
Who was the first Australian woman to win an Olympic medal?
This poll/quiz question about Australia's first female Olympic medal winner has been superseded by the Australia at the Olympics Quiz. This page has been kept as it contains more information about the winner.
We ran this quiz question on Topend Sports for a long time. What do you think? Check the answer below and see how many peope got it right.
Answer
The correct answer is Sarah Durack, affectionately known as Fanny Durack, was Australia's first female gold medalist. She won the 100m freestyle gold medal at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games. Those Games were the first that swimming events for women were included on the program.
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