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OLYMPIC GAMES TRIVIA─── 10:37 Fri, 23 Mar 2012
It is 126 days to go before the Olympic Games 2012 in London kicks off. Your trivia question for today: “Who was South Africa’s first Olympic Gold Medal winner at a Modern Olympic Games?
Answer: Reginald Walker. Reginald Walker was born in 1889 in Natal and in 1907 was the South African 100m champion. He battled with finances to get to London for the 1908 Summer Olympics but once he was there he managed, very unexpectedly to all those competing, to beat the field and walk off with the Gold for the 100m. As at 2005 Reggie Walker was still the youngest winner of the 100m Olympic Gold Medal.
