Alfred Flatow

It's time for JONJ trivia!... Who was the first Jew to win an Olympic medal?

Correct! Well, that wasn't so hard, was it? On April 9, 1896, at the inaugural modern Olympics, cousins Alfred and Gustav Flatow helped their country to two gymnastics golds: in team horizontal and parallel bars. Alfred also added an individual silver on the horizontal. A day later, he became the first Jewish individual Olympic champion with a gold on parallels.

Boy, the Flatows really were bar masters! (They did not participate in the rope climb. Yes, they gave out medals for rope climb. There were style points. No, we're not making this up.)

Now, for a harder question... what country did the Flatows represent?