And not only a medal but a gold medal and it was against prohibitive favourites Brazil.
Overall, Douglas will leave London with much to celebrate: A gold medal win with Team USA, re-writing history with her gold medal win in the all-around, and a plethora of opportunities by which to earn endorsement dollars.
In relation to the Sydney gold medal, there is evidence to suggest that the IOC must hand the gold medal from the Sydney Olympiad to Ms Thanou.
He never sought the celebrity he would win, or the honors a grateful nation bestowed upon him: the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, or the Congressional Gold Medal to name but a few.
Maraniss wins a gold medal for his portraits of American stars Wilma Rudolph, Rafer Johnson and Cassius Clay, as well as of the barefoot Ethiopian gold medal marathoner Abebe Bikila.
The win hands Zhang her fourth gold medal over two Olympics, after success in the women's singles and doubles in Athens and team and singles competition in Beijing, equally the great Deng Yaping's gold medal haul.
Fleming was part of three Olympic coaching staffs for Canada, winning a silver medal in Albertville in 1992 and a gold medal in Salt Lake City in 2002.
She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996, and the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian honour, three years later.
Mrs Parks was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996, and the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian honour, three years later.
As there are no legal grounds for refusing the medal, natural justice and due process dictate that the gold medal must be handed to Ms Thanou.
The rivals kissed each other on the cheek after standing on the medal podium with China's Guo Wenjun, who won the gold medal in the event.
"It's a shame that it has gone to CAS because the race has gone and the medal ceremony cannot be brought back, but you cannot underestimate how much that gold medal means because it can change somebody's life, " she said.
For Vollmer, the medal was the culmination of a long journey that began after she won a relay gold medal in 2004, when she was 16, but then flamed out in the U.S. trials in 2008.
An informal review of medal ceremonies by The Wall Street Journal found that, as of Wednesday, about 16% of 129 gold medal winners cried at some point during the ceremony.
Australia's swimmers won just one gold medal at London 2012, far short of previous medal hauls at other recent Olympics.
Dr. Norman Borlaug is one of only three Americans to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize, the Congressional Gold Medal (America's highest civilian honor) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Good Schools Guide noted that 12 out of 41 British gold medal-winners educated in the UK attended private school. (A 42nd medal winner's educational background was unknown and a 43rd was schooled in Germany).
Very special, the second time that the Princess Royal has presented me with Olympic gold medal and her words were this is the second time I've given you a medal, I don't think I'll be doing it another, a third time.
There was success for Britain in the men's compound with Andrew Rikunenko taking the gold medal, which, combined with a recurve mixed team bronze, left Great Britain fifth in the overall medal rankings.
Earlier Wednesday, Marlen Esparza earned a bronze medal in the 51-kilo flyweight category but narrowly failed to reach the gold-medal fight after a 10-8 semifinal loss to China's Ren Cancan, the world No. 1 and top seed.
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Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte won her country's first swimming medal ever as an independent nation, winning gold in the final medal event of the night, the women's 100-meter breaststroke.
She was part of Australia's gold medal winning 4x400m team at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester last year.
Their success followed the gold medal won by Seaforde swimmer Bethany Firth in the 100m backstroke.
Overall, China leads the gold medal count with 30 and the total medal count with 61.
The result gave German 34-year-old Jens Fiedler the third gold medal of his Olympic career.
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She won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver in 2008.
Olympic gold medal winner Heather Stanning has officially opened a village shop staffed by volunteers.
Monday night in London, Franklin won her first gold medal, in the 100-meter backstroke.
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