Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kodayake Wales kawai ta fara gasa a matsayin ƙasa a cikin gasa daban-daban na wasanni tun daga shekarun 1920, 'yan wasan Welsh sun yi tasiri a fagen duniya kafin wannan a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙungiyoyin Burtaniya tare da' yan wasa daga Ingila, Scotland da Arewacin Ireland. A cikin 1906 Wallis Walters ya zama ɗan wasan Welsh na farko da ya wakilci Burtaniya a cikin wasannin motsa jiki a wasannin Olympics, yana fafatawa a tseren shinge na 110m. Dan wasan Welsh na farko da ya lashe lambar yabo ta Olympics shi ne David Jacobs wanda aka ba shi zinare a matsayin wani ɓangare na relay 4 × 100 m a wasannin 1912 a Stockholm. A shekarar 1948, Tom Richards ya zama Welshman na farko da aka ba shi lambar yabo ta mutum lokacin da ya dauki azurfa a cikin marathon
Ka yi haƙuri. Michelle Probert ita ce mace ta farko daga Wales da ta lashe lambar yabo ta Olympics, tana gudu a tseren mita 4 × 400, yayin da babu wata 'yar wasa daga Wales da ta lashe lambar yabo ta Olympics.