Sports Personalities and Achievements

Weightlifting is the only sport where India has won exactly 2 medals: Karnam Malleswari (bronze 2000 Sydney) and Mirabai Chanu (silver 2020 Tokyo). Shooting has 3+ medals, Wrestling has 5+ medals, and Athletics has 2 medals from Norman Pritchard plus Neeraj Chopra's gold. Weightlifting's 2-medal total fits the 'won a medal only once' interpretation best.

India's Men's Hockey team has won 8 Olympic gold medals: 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1980. This includes a record 6 consecutive gold medals from 1928-1956. The 1980 Moscow gold was the last Olympic hockey medal for India.

India's Men's Hockey team won gold medals in 5 consecutive Olympic Games: 1928 Amsterdam, 1932 Los Angeles, 1936 Berlin, 1948 London, and 1952 Helsinki. The streak extended to 1956 Melbourne (6th consecutive gold), but the question asks specifically about the 5-Games consecutive streak.

Norman Pritchard is the only solo Indian Olympic participant to have won 2 medals: 2 silver medals in Athletics (200m hurdles and 200m) at the 1900 Paris Olympics. Other medal winners like Sushil Kumar have multiple medals but across different Olympics. Pritchard won both his medals in the same Olympics, making him unique.

Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Olympic gold medal in shooting at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (10m air rifle). The other options are incorrect: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won silver (2004), P.T. Usha never won Olympic gold, and the Hockey Team won gold long before individual medals were relevant to this question's context.

Javier Hernandez is nicknamed 'The Little Pea' (Chicharito in Spanish, derived from his father's nickname 'Chicharo' - pea). The Mexican striker earned this affectionate nickname due to his green eyes and small stature.

Javier Hernandez is nicknamed 'LITTLE PEA' (Chicharito in Spanish). The nickname comes from his father's nickname 'Chicharo' (pea) and Javier's small stature, with 'ito' meaning 'little' in Spanish.

Brian Lara, one of cricket's greatest batsmen, was born in Santa Cruz, Trinidad. He represented Trinidad and Tobago in regional cricket before becoming a West Indies legend, and is often called the 'Prince of Port of Spain' or 'Prince of Trinidad.'

Sania Mirza achieved her career-best WTA singles ranking of 27 in August 2007. This made her the highest-ranked Indian female singles player at that time. She later became even more successful in doubles, reaching world No. 1 in that category.

Gagan Narang won 4 gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. He dominated the shooting events, winning gold in the 10m air rifle pairs, 50m rifle 3 positions pairs, and individual 10m air rifle and 50m rifle 3 positions events. This was the best individual performance by an Indian shooter at those Games.

Milkha Singh won the 400m gold medal at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo with a time of 46.6 seconds. This was part of his golden year where he also won gold at the 1958 Commonwealth Games in Cardiff. The 1982 Asiad was in Delhi (Milkha had retired by then), 1960 Rome was the Olympics where he finished 4th, and 1958 Cardiff was the Commonwealth Games.

Sir Viv Richards was nicknamed 'Smoking Joe' for his aggressive, powerful batting style that dominated bowlers. The nickname reflected his ability to 'smoke' or hit the ball with tremendous force and authority, making him one of the most feared batsmen in world cricket during his era.