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First African American athlete to win a medal in the Olympic Games

First African American Olympic medalistGeorge Coleman Poage becomes the first African American athlete to win a medal in the Olympic Games, winning the two bronze medals (200-meter and 400-meter hurdles ) at the 1904 games in St. Louis.

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