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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 first Indian wrestler to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships?

  1. Guru Hanuman

  2. Sushil Kumar

  3. Yogeshwar Dutt

  4. Bajrang Punia
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Guru Hanuman, a trailblazing Indian wrestler, accomplished this feat at the inaugural Commonwealth Wrestling Championships held in 1973.

Multiple choice

Who is the only athlete to win gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games?

  1. Eddie Eagan

  2. Eric Heiden

  3. Carl Lewis

  4. Jesse Owens
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Eddie Eagan is the only athlete to win gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. He won a gold medal in boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in bobsledding at the 1932 Winter Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which athlete holds the world record for the most Olympic gold medals won in a single edition of the Summer Games?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Carl Lewis

  3. Jesse Owens

  4. Usain Bolt
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Michael Phelps holds the world record for the most Olympic gold medals won in a single edition of the Summer Games, with 8 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who is the only athlete to have won the decathlon gold medal at three consecutive Olympic Games?

  1. Bob Mathias

  2. Bruce Jenner

  3. Daley Thompson

  4. Ashton Eaton
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Explanation

Ashton Eaton is the only athlete to have won the decathlon gold medal at three consecutive Olympic Games (2012, 2016, and 2020).

Multiple choice

What is the name of the first female athlete with a disability to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games?

  1. Trischa Zorn

  2. Marla Runyan

  3. Natalie du Toit

  4. None of the above
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Trischa Zorn was the first female athlete with a disability to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games when she won the gold medal in cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the first African-American woman to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games?

  1. Marla Runyan

  2. Trischa Zorn

  3. Natalie du Toit

  4. None of the above
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Marla Runyan was the first African-American woman to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games when she won the gold medal in the 1500-meter run at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the first athlete with a disability to win a medal at the Olympic Games?

  1. Trischa Zorn

  2. Marla Runyan

  3. Natalie du Toit

  4. George Eyser
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Explanation

George Eyser was the first athlete with a disability to win a medal at the Olympic Games when he won six medals, including three gold medals, in gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer became the first to win an Olympic medal?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Akhil Kumar

  4. Shiva Thapa
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Vijender Singh won a bronze medal in the middleweight category at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer is the only one to have won a medal at six consecutive World Championships?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Akhil Kumar

  4. Shiva Thapa
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Explanation

Mary Kom, often referred to as 'Magnificent Mary', is the only Indian boxer to have won medals at six consecutive World Championships.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer became the first to win a gold medal at the Asian Games?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Akash Kumar

  4. Shiva Thapa
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Explanation

Akash Kumar won the gold medal in the lightweight category at the 2018 Asian Games, becoming the first Indian boxer to achieve this feat.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer is the current Commonwealth Games gold medalist in the men's light heavyweight category?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Satish Kumar

  4. Shiva Thapa
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Explanation

Satish Kumar won the gold medal in the men's light heavyweight category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer is the current Commonwealth Games gold medalist in the women's flyweight category?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Nikhat Zareen

  4. Shiva Thapa
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Explanation

Nikhat Zareen won the gold medal in the women's flyweight category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer is the current Asian Championships gold medalist in the women's featherweight category?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Nikhat Zareen

  4. Manisha Moun
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Explanation

Manisha Moun won the gold medal in the women's featherweight category at the 2023 Asian Championships.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer is the current World Championships bronze medalist in the women's flyweight category?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Nikhat Zareen

  4. Manisha Moun
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Explanation

Nikhat Zareen won the bronze medal in the women's flyweight category at the 2022 World Championships.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer is the current Olympic bronze medalist in the men's middleweight category?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Amit Panghal
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Explanation

Vijender Singh won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight category at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.