Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Who was the India's first individual olympic medalist?

  1. P.T Usha

  2. Norman Pritchard

  3. K.D Jadhav

  4. Leander Paes
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Explanation

Norman Pritchard won India's first individual Olympic medals - two silver medals in athletics (200m hurdles and 200m) at the 1900 Paris Olympics. P.T. Usha is a legendary Indian athlete but she competed much later and won Olympic medals (none). K.D. Jadhav was India's first individual Olympic medalist after independence (bronze in wrestling, 1952), and Leander Paes won bronze in 1996 tennis.

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