General Awareness

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 athlete to have won gold medals in both the Winter and Summer Deaflympics?

  1. Laurent Thirionet

  2. Nelly Lambriex

  3. Evgenia Medvedeva

  4. Anastasia Pozdniakova
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Explanation

Laurent Thirionet is the only athlete to have won gold medals in both the Winter and Summer Deaflympics. He won a gold medal in cross-country skiing at the 2015 Winter Deaflympics and a gold medal in track and field at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics.

Multiple choice

Which 2014 biographical sports drama film, directed by Omung Kumar, tells the story of Mary Kom, an Indian boxer who won the World Championships six times and became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing?

  1. Mary Kom

  2. Dangal

  3. Soorma

  4. Sultan
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Explanation

Mary Kom stars Priyanka Chopra as Mary Kom and follows her journey from a small-town girl to becoming one of the world's greatest boxers.

Multiple choice

Who is the youngest swimmer to be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame?

  1. Katie Ledecky

  2. Michael Phelps

  3. Ian Thorpe

  4. Penny Oleksiak
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Katie Ledecky was inducted at the age of 20 in 2017, making her the youngest inductee.

Multiple choice

Which swimmer holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Ryan Lochte

  3. Katie Ledecky

  4. Caeleb Dressel
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Michael Phelps holds the record with 28 Olympic gold medals.

Multiple choice

Who is the only swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal in both the 100-meter and 200-meter butterfly events?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Ryan Lochte

  3. Ian Thorpe

  4. Milorad Čavić
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Explanation

Michael Phelps achieved this feat at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which swimmer holds the world record in the 50-meter freestyle event?

  1. Florent Manaudou

  2. Caeleb Dressel

  3. Cesar Cielo Filho

  4. Alain Bernard
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Explanation

Caeleb Dressel set the world record in 2019 with a time of 21.04 seconds.

Multiple choice

Who is the only swimmer to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 200-meter freestyle event?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Ian Thorpe

  3. Grant Hackett

  4. Pieter van den Hoogenband
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Michael Phelps won the 200-meter freestyle at the 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, and 2012 London Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which swimmer is known for his signature "dolphin kick" technique?

  1. Ian Thorpe

  2. Michael Phelps

  3. Ryan Lochte

  4. Milorad Čavić
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Explanation

Ian Thorpe's unique "dolphin kick" technique helped him dominate the freestyle events in the early 2000s.

Multiple choice

Who is the only swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal in both the 400-meter individual medley and the 1500-meter freestyle events?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Ryan Lochte

  3. Grant Hackett

  4. Pieter van den Hoogenband
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Explanation

Michael Phelps achieved this feat at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which swimmer holds the world record in the 100-meter backstroke event?

  1. Aaron Peirsol

  2. Ryan Murphy

  3. Xu Jiayu

  4. Mitch Larkin
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Explanation

Ryan Murphy set the world record in 2016 with a time of 51.85 seconds.

Multiple choice

Who is the only swimmer to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 100-meter backstroke event?

  1. Aaron Peirsol

  2. Ryan Murphy

  3. Xu Jiayu

  4. Mitch Larkin
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Explanation

Aaron Peirsol won the 100-meter backstroke at the 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, and 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who is the only swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal in both the 200-meter breaststroke and the 200-meter individual medley events?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Ryan Lochte

  3. Kosuke Kitajima

  4. Dániel Gyurta
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Explanation

Michael Phelps achieved this feat at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Multiple choice

The first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal was:

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Karnam Malleswari

  3. Saina Nehwal

  4. Mary Kom
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Explanation

Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.

Multiple choice

Which Indian sportswoman was the first to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Seema Punia

  4. Krishna Poonia
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Explanation

Anju Bobby George, a long jumper, won a bronze medal at the 2003 World Athletics Championships, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the event.

Multiple choice

Which Indian sportswoman was the first to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Seema Punia

  4. Krishna Poonia
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Explanation

P.T. Usha won a gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the event.