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

K.D. Jadhav (Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav) won India's first individual Olympic medal - a bronze in wrestling (bantamweight) at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Milkha Singh and P.T. Usha were legendary athletes who narrowly missed Olympic medals (4th place finishes), while Karnam Malleswari won India's first women's Olympic medal in 2000, much later.

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