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Sports Personalities and Achievements

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This hub covers questions on famous sports personalities and their record breaking achievements. It includes topics on Olympic medalists and national award winners. This content is highly relevant for general awareness sections in SSC, banking, railways, and UPSC exams.

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Sports Personalities and Achievements Questions

Multiple choice

Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Championships in weightlifting?

  1. Karnam Malleswari

  2. Kunjarani Devi

  3. Ngangbam Soniya Chanu

  4. Mirabai Chanu
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Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the 54 kg weightlifting event at the 1994 World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Championships in weightlifting.

Multiple choice

Which Indian female athlete became the first woman from the country to win a gold medal at the Asian Games in wrestling?

  1. Geeta Phogat

  2. Babita Phogat

  3. Sakshi Malik

  4. Vinesh Phogat
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Geeta Phogat won the gold medal in the 55 kg freestyle wrestling event at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games in wrestling.

Multiple choice

Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympic Games in swimming?

  1. Malathi Holla

  2. Deepa Malik

  3. Bhavina Patel

  4. Avani Lekhara
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Malathi Holla won a bronze medal in the women's 100m backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympic Games in swimming.

Multiple choice

Which Indian female athlete became the first woman from the country to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in badminton?

  1. Saina Nehwal

  2. Jwala Gutta

  3. Ashwini Ponnappa

  4. P.V. Sindhu
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Saina Nehwal won the gold medal in the women's singles badminton event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in badminton.

Multiple choice

Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Championships in badminton?

  1. Saina Nehwal

  2. Jwala Gutta

  3. Ashwini Ponnappa

  4. P.V. Sindhu
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Saina Nehwal won a bronze medal in the women's singles badminton event at the 2010 BWF World Championships in Paris, France, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Championships in badminton.

Multiple choice

Which Indian female athlete became the first woman from the country to win a gold medal at the Asian Games in table tennis?

  1. Manika Batra

  2. Mouma Das

  3. Poulomi Ghatak

  4. Madhurika Patkar
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Manika Batra won the gold medal in the women's singles table tennis event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games in table tennis.

Multiple choice

Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Championships in table tennis?

  1. Manika Batra

  2. Mouma Das

  3. Poulomi Ghatak

  4. Madhurika Patkar
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Manika Batra won a bronze medal in the women's singles table tennis event at the 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Zhengzhou, China, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Championships in table tennis.

Multiple choice

Which Indian female athlete became the first woman from the country to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in hockey?

  1. Salima Tete

  2. Rani Rampal

  3. Deepika Thakur

  4. Vandana Katariya
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Salima Tete was part of the Indian women's hockey team that won the gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in hockey.

Multiple choice

Who is the only swimmer to have won nine gold medals at a single Olympic Games?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Mark Spitz

  3. Katie Ledecky

  4. Ryan Lochte
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Mark Spitz achieved this remarkable feat at the 1972 Munich Olympics, setting a record that remains unbroken to this day.

Multiple choice

Which female swimmer holds the world record for the fastest 200-meter freestyle?

  1. Katie Ledecky

  2. Federica Pellegrini

  3. Sarah Sjostrom

  4. Ariarne Titmus
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Ariarne Titmus set the world record in the 200-meter freestyle at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a time of 1:53.50.

Multiple choice

Who is the youngest swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal?

  1. Katie Ledecky

  2. Kristin Otto

  3. Kathleen McCague

  4. Florence Chadwick
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Kathleen McCague was just 13 years old when she won a gold medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which swimmer holds the world record for the fastest 100-meter backstroke?

  1. Ryan Murphy

  2. Xu Jiayu

  3. David Plummer

  4. Aaron Peirsol
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Ryan Murphy set the world record in the 100-meter backstroke at the 2016 Rio Olympics with a time of 51.85 seconds.

Multiple choice

Who is the only swimmer to have won the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 400-meter freestyle events at the same Olympic Games?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Ian Thorpe

  3. Grant Hackett

  4. Pieter van den Hoogenband
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Michael Phelps achieved this remarkable feat at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first swimmer to do so.

Multiple choice

Which female swimmer holds the world record for the fastest 100-meter breaststroke?

  1. Lilly King

  2. Ruta Meilutyte

  3. Jessica Hardy

  4. Rebecca Soni
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Lilly King set the world record in the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2017 World Championships with a time of 1:04.13.

Multiple choice

Who is the only swimmer to have won the 200-meter butterfly event at three consecutive Olympic Games?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Milos Milosevic

  3. Tom Malchow

  4. Takashi Yamamoto
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Michael Phelps achieved this remarkable feat at the 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, and 2012 London Olympics.