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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 female swimmer holds the world record for the fastest 400-meter individual medley?

  1. Katinka Hosszu

  2. Ye Shiwen

  3. Mireia Belmonte Garcia

  4. Hannah Miley
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Katinka Hosszu set the world record in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2016 Rio Olympics with a time of 4:26.36.

Multiple choice

Who is the only swimmer to have won the 10-kilometer open water swimming event at two consecutive Olympic Games?

  1. Ana Marcela Cunha

  2. Sharon van Rouwendaal

  3. Poliana Okimoto

  4. Keri-Anne Payne
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Ana Marcela Cunha achieved this remarkable feat at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Multiple choice

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

  1. Abhinav Bindra

  2. Milkha Singh

  3. P.T. Usha

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

Multiple choice

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

  1. Sushil Kumar

  2. Yogeshwar Dutt

  3. Sakshi Malik

  4. Bajrang Punia
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Sushil Kumar won a bronze medal in the 66 kg freestyle wrestling event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first Olympic medal in badminton?

  1. Saina Nehwal

  2. P.V. Sindhu

  3. Jwala Gutta

  4. Ashwini Ponnappa
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Saina Nehwal won a bronze medal in the women's singles badminton event at the 2012 London Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian athlete to have won two Olympic medals in shooting?

  1. Abhinav Bindra

  2. Vijay Kumar

  3. Gagan Narang

  4. Jitu Rai
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Vijay Kumar won a silver medal in the 25m rapid fire pistol event and a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol event at the 2012 London Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first Olympic medal in boxing?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Vikas Krishan Yadav
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Vijender Singh won a bronze medal in the 75 kg middleweight boxing event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Multiple choice

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

  1. Deepika Kumari

  2. Atanu Das

  3. Tarundeep Rai

  4. Bombayla Devi Laishram
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Bombayla Devi Laishram won a bronze medal in the women's individual archery event at the 2012 London Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first Olympic medal in weightlifting?

  1. Mirabai Chanu

  2. Karnam Malleswari

  3. Kunjarani Devi

  4. Sanamacha Chanu
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Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the 69 kg weightlifting event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian athlete to have won an Olympic medal in table tennis?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal

  2. Manika Batra

  3. Mouma Das

  4. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
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Achanta Sharath Kamal won a bronze medal in the men's singles table tennis event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first Olympic medal in hockey?

  1. Dhyan Chand

  2. Balbir Singh Sr.

  3. Leslie Claudius

  4. Roop Singh
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Dhyan Chand won a gold medal with the Indian hockey team at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.

Multiple choice

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

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

  4. Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
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Milkha Singh won a gold medal in the 4x400m relay event at the 1958 Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first Olympic medal in swimming?

  1. Khajan Singh

  2. Arati Saha

  3. Nisha Millet

  4. Rehan Poncha
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Khajan Singh won a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle swimming event at the 1924 Paris Olympics.

Multiple choice

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

  1. Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon

  2. A.L. Abdul Samad

  3. R.K. Sharma

  4. Harbhajan Singh
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Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon won a bronze medal in the 1000m time trial cycling event at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first Olympic medal in tennis?

  1. Leander Paes

  2. Mahesh Bhupathi

  3. Sania Mirza

  4. Rohan Bopanna
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Leander Paes won a bronze medal in the men's doubles tennis event at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.