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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 is the only Indian athlete to have won an Olympic medal in table tennis?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal

  2. Manika Batra

  3. Mouma Das

  4. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
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Achanta Sharath Kamal won a bronze medal in the men's singles table tennis event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first Olympic medal in hockey?

  1. Dhyan Chand

  2. Balbir Singh Sr.

  3. Leslie Claudius

  4. Roop Singh
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Dhyan Chand won a gold medal with the Indian hockey team at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian athlete to have won an Olympic medal in athletics?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

  4. Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
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Milkha Singh won a gold medal in the 4x400m relay event at the 1958 Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first Olympic medal in swimming?

  1. Khajan Singh

  2. Arati Saha

  3. Nisha Millet

  4. Rehan Poncha
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Khajan Singh won a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle swimming event at the 1924 Paris Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian athlete to have won an Olympic medal in cycling?

  1. Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon

  2. A.L. Abdul Samad

  3. R.K. Sharma

  4. Harbhajan Singh
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Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon won a bronze medal in the 1000m time trial cycling event at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first Olympic medal in tennis?

  1. Leander Paes

  2. Mahesh Bhupathi

  3. Sania Mirza

  4. Rohan Bopanna
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Leander Paes won a bronze medal in the men's doubles tennis event at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian athlete to have won an Olympic medal in equestrianism?

  1. Imtiaz Ahmed

  2. Rameshwar Singh

  3. Jai Singh

  4. Durga Singh
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Imtiaz Ahmed won a bronze medal in the individual eventing equestrianism event at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals won by an individual?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Usain Bolt

  3. Carl Lewis

  4. Jesse Owens
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Michael Phelps, the legendary American swimmer, holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals won by an individual, with an impressive tally of 28 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Who is the only athlete to have won gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics?

  1. Eddie Eagan

  2. Eric Heiden

  3. Carl Lewis

  4. Jesse Owens
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Eddie Eagan, an American athlete, holds the unique distinction of winning gold medals in both the Summer Olympics (boxing) and Winter Olympics (bobsleigh).

Multiple choice

Who is the only athlete to have won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the men's 100-meter dash?

  1. Carl Lewis

  2. Usain Bolt

  3. Jesse Owens

  4. Maurice Greene
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Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter, holds the distinction of being the only athlete to have won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the men's 100-meter dash.

Multiple choice

Which archer holds the record for the most individual gold medals in the World Archery Championships?

  1. Im Dong-hyun

  2. Brady Ellison

  3. Viktor Ruban

  4. Oh Jin-hyek
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Im Dong-hyun holds the record for the most individual gold medals in the World Archery Championships, with a total of 6 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Which archer won the men's individual gold medal in the 2021 World Archery Championships?

  1. Brady Ellison

  2. Kim Woo-jin

  3. Mete Gazoz

  4. Galsan Bazarzhapov
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Kim Woo-jin won the men's individual gold medal in the 2021 World Archery Championships.

Multiple choice

Which archer won the women's individual gold medal in the 2021 World Archery Championships?

  1. Lisa Unruh

  2. Kang Chae-young

  3. Jang Min-hee

  4. Casey Kaufhold
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Jang Min-hee won the women's individual gold medal in the 2021 World Archery Championships.

Multiple choice

Which famous athlete stayed at the Olympic Village in London?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Usain Bolt

  3. Serena Williams

  4. Roger Federer
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Michael Phelps was a famous athlete who stayed at the Olympic Village in London.

Multiple choice

Which 2013 biographical sports drama film tells the story of Indian sprinter Milkha Singh, who overcame numerous obstacles to become one of the greatest athletes in Indian history?

  1. Mary Kom

  2. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

  3. Dangal

  4. Gold
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Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, follows the journey of Milkha Singh, who rose from poverty and partition to become a legendary sprinter and Olympian.