Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Who was the first Indian to win an individual medal in Olympics

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P.T.Usha

  3. Karnam Malleshwari

  4. K.D.Yadav
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Explanation

Khashaba Dadasaheb Yadav (K.D. Yadav) won India's first individual Olympic medal - a bronze in wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Milkha Singh and P.T. Usha were legendary runners who finished 4th in their Olympic finals but did not medal. Karnam Malleshwari became the first Indian woman to win an individual Olympic medal (bronze in weightlifting) in 2000, much later than Yadav.

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