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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 athlete has won the most number of medals at the Commonwealth Athletics Championships?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

  4. K.T. Irfan
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Milkha Singh has won the most number of medals at the Commonwealth Athletics Championships among Indian athletes.

Multiple choice

Which athlete has won the most Olympic gold medals?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Usain Bolt

  3. Carl Lewis

  4. Jesse Owens
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Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 Olympic gold medals.

Multiple choice

Which athlete has won the most Olympic medals in a single Games?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Carl Lewis

  3. Jesse Owens

  4. Usain Bolt
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Michael Phelps won a record 8 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who is the only snowboarder to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the halfpipe event?

  1. Shaun White

  2. Kelly Clark

  3. Hannah Teter

  4. Torah Bright
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Shaun White is an American snowboarder who has won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the halfpipe event, from 2006 to 2010.

Multiple choice

Which snowboarder is known for his signature move, the 'McTwist', which involves a 540-degree rotation with a grab?

  1. Shaun White

  2. Terje Haakonsen

  3. Travis Rice

  4. Mark McMorris
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Explanation

Terje Haakonsen, a Norwegian snowboarder, is known for his signature move, the 'McTwist', which involves a 540-degree rotation with a grab.

Multiple choice

Which surfer is known for his signature move, the 'Air Reverse', which involves a 360-degree aerial rotation with a grab?

  1. Kelly Slater

  2. Tom Curren

  3. Andy Irons

  4. Mick Fanning
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Explanation

Tom Curren is known for his signature move, the 'Air Reverse', which involves a 360-degree aerial rotation with a grab.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian boxer to win a gold medal at the Olympics?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Akhil Kumar

  4. Dingko Singh
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Vijender Singh won the bronze medal in the middleweight category at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian boxer to have won a medal at the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, and Olympic Games?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Akhil Kumar

  4. Shiva Thapa
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Explanation

Mary Kom is the only Indian boxer to have won medals at the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, and Olympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer won the gold medal in the women's flyweight category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?

  1. Mary Kom

  2. Lovlina Borgohain

  3. Simranjit Kaur

  4. Pooja Rani
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Explanation

Lovlina Borgohain won the bronze medal in the women's welterweight category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian boxer to have won a medal at the Youth Olympic Games?

  1. Shiva Thapa

  2. Vikas Krishan Yadav

  3. Manish Kaushik

  4. Amit Panghal
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Shiva Thapa is the only Indian boxer to have won a medal at the Youth Olympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight category at the 2016 Rio Olympics?

  1. Vikas Krishan Yadav

  2. Shiva Thapa

  3. Manish Kaushik

  4. Amit Panghal
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Explanation

Vikas Krishan Yadav won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight category at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who is the current World Champion in the women's light flyweight category?

  1. Mary Kom

  2. Lovlina Borgohain

  3. Simranjit Kaur

  4. Pooja Rani
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Mary Kom is the current World Champion in the women's light flyweight category.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer won the bronze medal in the women's middleweight category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Mary Kom

  2. Lovlina Borgohain

  3. Simranjit Kaur

  4. Pooja Rani
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Pooja Rani won the bronze medal in the women's middleweight category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Who is widely regarded as the greatest marathon runner of all time?

  1. Eliud Kipchoge

  2. Haile Gebrselassie

  3. Paula Radcliffe

  4. Joan Benoit
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Eliud Kipchoge is a Kenyan long-distance runner who holds the world record for the marathon, set at the 2018 Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:01:39. He is also the first person to run a marathon in under two hours, achieving a time of 1:59:40 in a specially designed event in Vienna in 2019.

Multiple choice

Which endurance athlete became the first person to complete the "Grand Slam" of ultramarathons, winning four of the world's most challenging races in a single year?

  1. Dean Karnazes

  2. Courtney Dauwalter

  3. Kilian Jornet

  4. Timothy Olson
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Explanation

Courtney Dauwalter is an American ultramarathon runner who became the first person to complete the "Grand Slam" of ultramarathons in 2017. The Grand Slam consists of four of the world's most challenging ultramarathons: the Badwater 135, the Western States 100, the Vermont 100, and the Leadville Trail 100.