Andree Atalanta

Philippines First Olympic Gold Medal. For the first time in olympic history, an athlete from the philippines is taking home a gold medal thanks to the literal strength of weightlifter hidilyn diaz. Diaz overtook liao qiuyun of people's republic of china on her last lift in the clean and jerk to win with a total 224 kilograms, one more than liao.

Philippines gymnast won’t just be walking away from this summer’s games with a medal—he also won a fully furnished $550,000 condo, over $300,000 in cash, and colonoscopies for life. Find out more about her by watching this video!