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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 holds the record for the most gold medals won at the World Judo Championships?

  1. Tadahiro Nomura

  2. Teddy Riner

  3. Ryoko Tani

  4. Kayla Harrison
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Tadahiro Nomura won a total of 10 gold medals at the World Judo Championships, more than any other judoka.

Multiple choice

Which judoka has won the most consecutive gold medals at the World Judo Championships?

  1. Tadahiro Nomura

  2. Teddy Riner

  3. Ryoko Tani

  4. Kayla Harrison
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Teddy Riner won 10 consecutive gold medals at the World Judo Championships from 2007 to 2017.

Multiple choice

Which judoka became the youngest ever World Judo Champion?

  1. Ryoko Tani

  2. Teddy Riner

  3. Kayla Harrison

  4. Majlinda Kelmendi
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Majlinda Kelmendi became the youngest ever World Judo Champion at the age of 15 in 2013.

Multiple choice

Which judoka has won the most gold medals in the heavyweight division at the World Judo Championships?

  1. David Douillet

  2. Teddy Riner

  3. Alexander Mikhaylin

  4. Haruna Asami
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Teddy Riner has won a total of 10 gold medals in the heavyweight division at the World Judo Championships.

Multiple choice

Which judoka has won the most gold medals in the lightweight division at the World Judo Championships?

  1. Tadahiro Nomura

  2. Kenzo Nakamura

  3. Yasuhiro Yamashita

  4. Naohisa Takato
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Naohisa Takato has won a total of 5 gold medals in the lightweight division at the World Judo Championships.

Multiple choice

Which judoka has won the most gold medals in the middleweight division at the World Judo Championships?

  1. Ilias Iliadis

  2. Travis Stevens

  3. Masashi Nishiyama

  4. Hitoshi Saito
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Ilias Iliadis has won a total of 4 gold medals in the middleweight division at the World Judo Championships.

Multiple choice

Which judoka has won the most gold medals in the half-lightweight division at the World Judo Championships?

  1. Tadahiro Nomura

  2. Kenzo Nakamura

  3. Yasuhiro Yamashita

  4. Naohisa Takato
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Tadahiro Nomura has won a total of 6 gold medals in the half-lightweight division at the World Judo Championships.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first individual gold medal for India at the Olympics?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Abhinav Bindra

  4. Vijay Kumar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Abhinav Bindra won the first individual gold medal for India at the Olympics in the 10m air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Multiple choice

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

  1. Sushil Kumar

  2. Yogeshwar Dutt

  3. Bajrang Punia

  4. Sakshi Malik
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Sushil Kumar is the only Indian to have won an Olympic medal in wrestling. He won a bronze medal in the 66 kg freestyle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics?

  1. Karnam Malleswari

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Mary Kom

  4. Saina Nehwal
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Karnam Malleswari is the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics. She won a bronze medal in the 69 kg weightlifting event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Manika Batra

  2. Mouma Das

  3. Poulomi Ghatak

  4. Madhurika Patkar
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Manika Batra won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, becoming the first Indian woman to do so.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal

  2. Manika Batra

  3. G. Sathiyan

  4. Harmeet Desai
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Achanta Sharath Kamal won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in table tennis.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra

  2. G. Sathiyan and Mouma Das

  3. Harmeet Desai and Poulomi Ghatak

  4. Sanil Shetty and Madhurika Patkar
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the first Indian pair to do so.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the women's team event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Manika Batra

  2. Mouma Das

  3. Poulomi Ghatak

  4. Madhurika Patkar
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Correct answer
Explanation

Manika Batra, Mouma Das, and Poulomi Ghatak won the gold medal in the women's team event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the men's team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal

  2. G. Sathiyan

  3. Harmeet Desai

  4. Sanil Shetty
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Correct answer
Explanation

Achanta Sharath Kamal, G. Sathiyan, and Harmeet Desai won the gold medal in the men's team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.