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Radio Bristol,4 mins

'My father was Jamaica's first Olympic gold medallist'

James Hanson

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In 1948, Alison's father Arthur Wint was the first Jamaican to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Alison lives near Bristol, and has decided to tell her father's story for the first time to mark Black History Month. In total her dad went on to win four Olympic medals - two gold and two silver.

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