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First Indian to participate in Olympic games?

  1. Norman G Pritchard

  2. Dilip Kumar

  3. Som Nath Sharma

  4. Puneet Arora
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Norman G Pritchard, a British-Indian athlete, participated in the 1900 Paris Olympics and won two silver medals in athletics (200m hurdles and 60m dash). He is recognized as the first Indian-born Olympic medalist. Dilip Kumar, Som Nath Sharma, and Puneet Arora were not early Olympic participants.

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Norman Pritchard, an Anglo-Indian athlete, competed in the 1900 Paris Olympics and won two silver medals in athletics, making him the first Indian (or person representing India) to take part in the Olympic Games. His participation predates any organized Indian Olympic contingent by decades. The other names listed are not linked to India's earliest Olympic history.

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