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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 medals at the World Championships in Athletics?

  1. Anju Bobby George

  2. Tintu Luka

  3. Krishna Poonia

  4. Seema Punia
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Anju Bobby George has won the most medals at the World Championships in Athletics. She has won a total of 3 medals, including 1 gold medal.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian athlete to win a medal at the Winter Olympics?

  1. Shiva Keshavan

  2. Narendra Kumar

  3. Himanshu Thakur

  4. Arif Khan
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Shiva Keshavan is the first Indian athlete to win a medal at the Winter Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the men's singles luge event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete has won the most medals at the Paralympic Games?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Murlikant Petkar

  3. Deepa Malik

  4. Mariyappan Thangavelu
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Devendra Jhajharia has won the most medals at the Paralympic Games. He has won a total of 4 medals, including 2 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Youth Olympic Games?

  1. Rimil Buriuly

  2. Khushi Sharma

  3. Manu Bhaker

  4. Lakshya Sen
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Rimil Buriuly is the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Youth Olympic Games. She won a bronze medal in the women's 10m air rifle event at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete has won the most medals at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games?

  1. Vinesh Phogat

  2. Bajrang Punia

  3. Sakshi Malik

  4. Ravi Kumar Dahiya
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Vinesh Phogat has won the most medals at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. She has won a total of 4 medals, including 2 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian athlete to win a medal at the World University Games?

  1. Gagan Narang

  2. Vijay Kumar

  3. Anjali Bhagwat

  4. Abhinav Bindra
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Gagan Narang is the first Indian athlete to win a medal at the World University Games. He won a bronze medal in the men's 10m air rifle event at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete has won the most medals at the Commonwealth Youth Games?

  1. Manu Bhaker

  2. Lakshya Sen

  3. Saurabh Chaudhary

  4. Divya Kakran
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Manu Bhaker has won the most medals at the Commonwealth Youth Games. She has won a total of 4 medals, including 2 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian athlete to win a medal at the Asian Youth Games?

  1. Deepika Kumari

  2. Atanu Das

  3. Jyothi Surekha Vennam

  4. Lalita Babar
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Deepika Kumari is the first Indian athlete to win a medal at the Asian Youth Games. She won a bronze medal in the women's individual recurve archery event at the 2009 Asian Youth Games in Singapore.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete has won the most medals at the South Asian Games?

  1. Leander Paes

  2. Saina Nehwal

  3. Vijay Kumar

  4. Mary Kom
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Leander Paes has won the most medals at the South Asian Games. He has won a total of 14 medals, including 7 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Which athlete became the first person to win gold medals in both the summer and winter Olympics?

  1. Jesse Owens

  2. Carl Lewis

  3. Michael Phelps

  4. Usain Bolt
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Explanation

Michael Phelps achieved this feat at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he won eight gold medals in swimming.

Multiple choice

Which lifter holds the record for the heaviest total lifted in the World Powerlifting Championships?

  1. Ed Coan

  2. Andrey Malanichev

  3. Konstantin Konstantinovs

  4. Yuri Belkin
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Explanation

Konstantin Konstantinovs of Latvia holds the record for the heaviest total lifted in the World Powerlifting Championships, with a total of 1,135 kg (2,502 lb) in the 120 kg weight class in 2015.

Multiple choice

Which lifter holds the record for the heaviest squat in the World Powerlifting Championships?

  1. Ray Williams

  2. Don Reinhoudt

  3. Blaine Sumner

  4. Andrey Malanichev
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Explanation

Blaine Sumner of the United States holds the record for the heaviest squat in the World Powerlifting Championships, with a squat of 484 kg (1,067 lb) in the 105 kg weight class in 2019.

Multiple choice

Which lifter holds the record for the heaviest bench press in the World Powerlifting Championships?

  1. Eric Spoto

  2. Konstantin Konstantinovs

  3. Kirill Sarychev

  4. Yuri Belkin
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Explanation

Konstantin Konstantinovs of Latvia holds the record for the heaviest bench press in the World Powerlifting Championships, with a bench press of 335 kg (739 lb) in the 120 kg weight class in 2015.

Multiple choice

Which lifter holds the record for the heaviest deadlift in the World Powerlifting Championships?

  1. Benedikt Magnusson

  2. Eddie Hall

  3. Hafthor Bjornsson

  4. Konstantin Konstantinovs
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Explanation

Hafthor Bjornsson of Iceland holds the record for the heaviest deadlift in the World Powerlifting Championships, with a deadlift of 501 kg (1,105 lb) in the 105 kg weight class in 2020.

Multiple choice

Which lifter holds the record for the heaviest total lifted in the Women's World Powerlifting Championships?

  1. Belinda Castaneda

  2. Larysa Soloviova

  3. Amanda Lawrence

  4. Jennifer Thompson
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Explanation

Larysa Soloviova of Ukraine holds the record for the heaviest total lifted in the Women's World Powerlifting Championships, with a total of 720 kg (1,587 lb) in the 75 kg weight class in 2019.