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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 athlete to have won the Rogue Invitational individual title three times?

  1. Tia-Clair Toomey

  2. Mat Fraser

  3. Sara Sigmundsdottir

  4. Rich Froning
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Tia-Clair Toomey is the only athlete to have won the Rogue Invitational individual title three times.

Multiple choice

Which athlete holds the record for the fastest time in the Rogue Rumble?

  1. Mat Fraser

  2. Tia-Clair Toomey

  3. Patrick Vellner

  4. Sara Sigmundsdottir
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Mat Fraser holds the record for the fastest time in the Rogue Rumble.

Multiple choice

Which athlete holds the record for the most Rogue Invitational individual titles?

  1. Tia-Clair Toomey

  2. Mat Fraser

  3. Sara Sigmundsdottir

  4. Rich Froning
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Tia-Clair Toomey holds the record for the most Rogue Invitational individual titles.

Multiple choice

Which Indian female athlete became the first woman to win an Olympic medal in wrestling?

  1. Geeta Phogat

  2. Babita Phogat

  3. Sakshi Malik

  4. Vinesh Phogat
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Sakshi Malik won the bronze medal in the 58 kg freestyle wrestling event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in wrestling.

Multiple choice

Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games in weightlifting?

  1. Karnam Malleswari

  2. Kunjarani Devi

  3. Ngangbam Soniya Chanu

  4. Mirabai Chanu
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Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the 69 kg weightlifting event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games in weightlifting.

Multiple choice

Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Asian Games in athletics?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Shiny Abraham

  3. Anju Bobby George

  4. Seema Punia
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P.T. Usha won a bronze medal in the 400 meters hurdles event at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Asian Games in athletics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian female athlete became the first woman from the country to win a gold medal at the World Championships in athletics?

  1. Anju Bobby George

  2. Seema Punia

  3. Krishna Poonia

  4. Navjot Kaur Dhillon
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Anju Bobby George won the gold medal in the long jump event at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris, becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the World Championships in athletics.

Multiple choice

Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympic Games?

  1. Malathi Holla

  2. Deepa Malik

  3. Bhavina Patel

  4. Avani Lekhara
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Malathi Holla won a bronze medal in the women's singles table tennis event at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian female athlete became the first woman from the country to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in shooting?

  1. Anjali Bhagwat

  2. Suma Shirur

  3. Heena Sidhu

  4. Manu Bhaker
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Anjali Bhagwat won the gold medal in the 10m air rifle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in shooting.

Multiple choice

Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Championships in weightlifting?

  1. Karnam Malleswari

  2. Kunjarani Devi

  3. Ngangbam Soniya Chanu

  4. Mirabai Chanu
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Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the 54 kg weightlifting event at the 1994 World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Championships in weightlifting.

Multiple choice

Which Indian female athlete became the first woman from the country to win a gold medal at the Asian Games in wrestling?

  1. Geeta Phogat

  2. Babita Phogat

  3. Sakshi Malik

  4. Vinesh Phogat
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Geeta Phogat won the gold medal in the 55 kg freestyle wrestling event at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games in wrestling.

Multiple choice

Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympic Games in swimming?

  1. Malathi Holla

  2. Deepa Malik

  3. Bhavina Patel

  4. Avani Lekhara
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Malathi Holla won a bronze medal in the women's 100m backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympic Games in swimming.

Multiple choice

Which Indian female athlete became the first woman from the country to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in badminton?

  1. Saina Nehwal

  2. Jwala Gutta

  3. Ashwini Ponnappa

  4. P.V. Sindhu
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Saina Nehwal won the gold medal in the women's singles badminton event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in badminton.

Multiple choice

Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Championships in badminton?

  1. Saina Nehwal

  2. Jwala Gutta

  3. Ashwini Ponnappa

  4. P.V. Sindhu
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Saina Nehwal won a bronze medal in the women's singles badminton event at the 2010 BWF World Championships in Paris, France, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Championships in badminton.

Multiple choice

Which Indian female athlete became the first woman from the country to win a gold medal at the Asian Games in table tennis?

  1. Manika Batra

  2. Mouma Das

  3. Poulomi Ghatak

  4. Madhurika Patkar
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Manika Batra won the gold medal in the women's singles table tennis event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games in table tennis.