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[12] [16] Michelle Probert was the first woman from Wales to win an Olympic medal, running in the 4 × 400 m relay, while no female athlete from Wales has won an individual Olympic medal. [16] Some of the more notable Welsh athletes include Lynn Davies, gold medalist in the long jump in the 1964 Summer Olympics. Nicknamed 'Lynn the Leap ...
In all other events and olympics since then, Welsh athletes have competed as members of a UK team. [40] [41] Wales' Paralympic athletes won 27 medals in the 2004 Summer Paralympics (12 gold, six silver, nine bronze) [42] and achieved 14 medals at 2008 Summer Paralympics (ten gold, three silvers, one bronze). [43]
Image: Opening Ceremony - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 0 (Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images) Team Greece begins the athlete's parad. (Jared C. Tilton / Getty Images)
Colin Ray Jackson, CBE (born 18 February 1967) is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles.During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, [2] became world champion twice, world indoor champion once, was undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and was twice Commonwealth champion.
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David Michael Rhys Davies (born 3 March 1985) is a Welsh former competitive swimmer who has represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games, and swam for Great Britain at Olympic, World and European level He is the 2006 Commonwealth Games champion at 1500 metres freestyle and holds the rare distinction of having won medals in all six major long-course and short-course international championships ...
A group of UK celebrities included a newly bearded Prince William offered their congratulations to Team Great Britain for their performance at the Olympics in Paris, France.
Iwan Gwyn Thomas MBE (born 5 January 1974) is a Welsh sprinter who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Olympic Games in the 400 metres, and Wales at the Commonwealth Games. Thomas is a former European , Commonwealth Games and World 4 × 400 metres relay champion.