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Penny Oleksiak was the first athlete born in which decade to claim an Olympic gold medal in an individual event?

  • 1990s

  • 2000s

  • 1980s

  • 1970s

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Penny Oleksiak was the first athlete born in the 2000s to claim an Olympic gold medal in an individual event. She won the 100-meter freestyle in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Oleksiak was 16 years old at the time of her victory, making her the youngest Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal.
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