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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

Which Indian shooter won the gold medal in the men's 50m rifle prone event at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games?

  1. Gagan Narang

  2. Sanjeev Rajput

  3. Chain Singh

  4. Joydeep Karmakar
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Gagan Narang won the gold medal in the men's 50m rifle prone event at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which sailor holds the record for the most World Sailing Championships gold medals?

  1. Ben Ainslie

  2. Robert Scheidt

  3. Santiago Lange

  4. Alessandra Sensini
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Explanation

British sailor Ben Ainslie has won a record four gold medals at the World Sailing Championships.

Multiple choice

Which sailor holds the record for the most consecutive World Sailing Championships gold medals?

  1. Robert Scheidt

  2. Santiago Lange

  3. Alessandra Sensini

  4. Jo Aleh
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Explanation

Brazilian sailor Robert Scheidt won five consecutive gold medals at the World Sailing Championships from 1995 to 2003.

Multiple choice

Which athlete holds the world record for the men's 100-meter dash?

  1. Usain Bolt

  2. Yohan Blake

  3. Asafa Powell

  4. Tyson Gay
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Explanation

Usain Bolt holds the world record for the men's 100-meter dash with a time of 9.58 seconds, set at the 2009 World Athletics Championships.

Multiple choice

Which athlete was stripped of their Olympic medals for doping violations?

  1. Marion Jones

  2. Ben Johnson

  3. Lance Armstrong

  4. Justin Gatlin
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Marion Jones was stripped of her Olympic medals for doping violations after admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs.

Multiple choice

Which athlete was banned from competing in the 2016 Olympic Games due to a doping violation?

  1. Justin Gatlin

  2. Yohan Blake

  3. Asafa Powell

  4. Tyson Gay
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Explanation

Justin Gatlin was banned from competing in the 2016 Olympic Games due to a doping violation.

Multiple choice

Which athlete holds the world record for the women's 100-meter dash?

  1. Florence Griffith-Joyner

  2. Elaine Thompson-Herah

  3. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

  4. Marion Jones
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Florence Griffith-Joyner holds the world record for the women's 100-meter dash with a time of 10.49 seconds, set at the 1988 Olympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which athlete holds the world record for the men's pole vault?

  1. Armand Duplantis

  2. Renaud Lavillenie

  3. Sergey Bubka

  4. Gianmarco Tamberi
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Explanation

Armand Duplantis holds the world record for the men's pole vault with a height of 6.21 meters, set at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which athlete holds the world record for the women's pole vault?

  1. Yelena Isinbayeva

  2. Anzhelika Sidorova

  3. Katie Nageotte

  4. Sandi Morris
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Explanation

Yelena Isinbayeva holds the world record for the women's pole vault with a height of 5.06 meters, set at the 2009 World Athletics Championships.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer won the gold medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Amit Panghal

  4. Shiva Thapa
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Explanation

Amit Panghal won the gold medal in the men's 52 kg category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer won the bronze medal in the 2012 Olympic Games?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Amit Panghal

  4. Shiva Thapa
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Explanation

Vijender Singh won the bronze medal in the men's 75 kg category at the 2012 Olympic Games held in London, United Kingdom.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer won the gold medal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Amit Panghal

  4. Shiva Thapa
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Explanation

Vijender Singh won the gold medal in the men's 75 kg category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer won the gold medal in the 2014 Asian Games?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Amit Panghal

  4. Shiva Thapa
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Shiva Thapa won the gold medal in the men's 56 kg category at the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer won the bronze medal in the 2016 Olympic Games?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Amit Panghal

  4. Shiva Thapa
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Explanation

Shiva Thapa won the bronze medal in the men's 56 kg category at the 2016 Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete was accused of doping during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, leading to her disqualification?

  1. Dutee Chand

  2. Hima Das

  3. P.T. Usha

  4. Kamalpreet Kaur
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Explanation

Kamalpreet Kaur, a discus thrower, was disqualified from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for a banned substance.