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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 boxer is the current Commonwealth Games gold medalist in the women's flyweight category?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Nikhat Zareen

  4. Shiva Thapa
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Nikhat Zareen won the gold medal in the women's flyweight category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer is the current Asian Championships gold medalist in the women's featherweight category?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Nikhat Zareen

  4. Manisha Moun
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Manisha Moun won the gold medal in the women's featherweight category at the 2023 Asian Championships.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer is the current World Championships bronze medalist in the women's flyweight category?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Nikhat Zareen

  4. Manisha Moun
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Nikhat Zareen won the bronze medal in the women's flyweight category at the 2022 World Championships.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer is the current Olympic bronze medalist in the men's middleweight category?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Amit Panghal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Vijender Singh won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight category at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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.