Abebe Bikila was the first black African to win an Olympic gold medal. He won the marathon running barefoot in Rome in 1960 and won again wearing shoes in Tokyo in 1964, becoming the first person to win the most grueling of all human contests twice. He did it barefoot. https://www.podiatrybooks.co.nz/review/barefoot-runner-the-life-of-marathon-champion-abebe-bikila/