New Zealand Olympic Medallists - Milestones

Milestones

  • First medal (by a New Zealander): Harry Kerr (1908, for Australasia)
  • First Gold medal (by a New Zealander): Malcolm Champion (1912, for Australasia)
  • First medal (for New Zealand): Clarence Hadfield D'Arcy (1920)
  • First Gold medal (for New Zealand): Ted Morgan (1928)
  • First female medallist: Yvette Williams (1952)
  • First female Gold medallist: Yvette Williams (1952)
  • First double medallist: Peter Snell (1960, 1964)
  • First double Gold medallist: Peter Snell (1960, 1964)
  • First double Gold medallist at a single Games: Peter Snell (1964)
  • First triple medallist: Peter Snell (1960, 1964)
  • First triple Gold medallist: Peter Snell (1960, 1964)
  • First triple medallist at a single Games: Ian Ferguson (1984)
  • First triple Gold medallist at a single Games: Ian Ferguson (1984)
  • First quadruple medallists: Ian Ferguson & Paul McDonald (1984, 1988)
  • First quadruple Gold medallist: Ian Ferguson (1984, 1988)
  • First quintuple medallist: Ian Ferguson & Paul McDonald (1984, 1988)
  • First female double medallist: Vicky Latta (1992, 1996)
  • First female triple medallist: Barbara Kendall (1992, 1996, 2000)
  • First female double Gold medallists: Caroline & Georgina Evers-Swindell (2004, 2008)

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