Olympics india history
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India initially got involved at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a lone athlete Norman Pritchard winning 2 medals-- both silver-- in athletics and came to be the initial Asian country to win an Olympic medal.
The country initially sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1920 and also has actually taken part in every Summer Games given that then. India has actually also contended at a number of Winter Olympic Games starting in 1964.
Indian professional athletes have actually won 35 medals, all at the Summer Games. For an amount of time, Indian Men's Field Hockey Team was dominant in Olympic competition, winning eleven medals in twelve Olympics between 1928 and 1980. The run consisted of 8 gold medals of which 6 were won consecutively from 1928 to 1956.
From 1948 onwards, due to the fact that of the IOA's larger outreach, India began sending out delegations of over 50 athletes in several sports, each picked by its sporting activities federation, to the Summer Olympics. The delegation was headed by a chef-de-mission. The Indian field hockey team won a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics by beating Great Britain in the final. It was the first gold medal for India as an independent country.
1952 Helsinki Gold Medal winning group with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru In the 1952 Summer Olympics wrestler K. D. Jadhav won the very first individual medal for independent India. The Indian area hockey team continued their supremacy by winning a 6th straight title by beating Pakistan in the last in 1956 Summer Olympics. The six straight title win by the Indian group was an Olympic document at that time. This document was later on only gone beyond by United States guys's and also ladies's basketball team. In the 1960 Summer Olympics the hockey group shed the last as well as had to opt for silver medal. The team recuperated by winning gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics. But went on to win only bronze medals in the next 2 Olympics. In 1976 Summer Olympics India went home vacant handed, the very first time considering that 1924. Indian hockey team won their record 8th olympic gold at the 1980 Summer Olympics. India had to return empty handed in the following 3 Summer Olympics. At the 1996 Summer Olympics kept in Atlanta, tennis gamer Leander Paes won a bronze medal at the males's songs occasion finishing a barren run of 16 years without a medal at the Olympics as well as likewise ended up being the initial private medalist given that 1952.
Recent history
Sushil Kumar (left) came to be the initial Indian athlete to win numerous individual Olympic medals because independence In the 2000 Sydney Olympics two-time World Championship gold champion Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the Women's 69 kg weight-lifting classification. It was the first-ever Olympic medal won by an Indian lady. At the 2004 Athens Olympics star shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won silver medal in Men's double trap shooting. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Abhinav Bindra won gold in the Men's 10 metre air rifle event coming to be the very first Indian to win a private gold medal at the Olympic Games. Vijender Singh got the nation's first medal in boxing with his bronze medal in Middleweight category. The 3 medal haul for India was the very best till that year. subsequently, the record was improved to make it the third finest performance in background. The 2012 Summer Olympics saw a document 83-member Indian contingent joining the games and also establishing a brand-new ideal for the nation with a total amount of 6 medals. Wrestler Sushil Kumar became the first Indian with numerous individual Olympic medals (bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics and also silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics) given that independence. Saina Nehwal won a bronze medal in badminton in Women's songs getting the nation's very first Olympic medal in tennis. Fighter Mary Kom became the initial Indian female to win a medal in boxing with her bronze medal in Women's flyweight division. This was India's best performance till overtaken in 2020. Star shooter Gagan Narang won third place in males's 10 m air rifle capturing. Vijay Kumar included another medal by winning a silver in males's 25 m quick fire handgun competition. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, a document variety of 118 professional athletes completed. Sakshi Malik ended up being the initial Indian female wrestler to win an Olympic medal with her bronze medal in Women's freestyle 58 kg category. Shuttler P. V. Sindhu came to be the very first Indian female to win a silver medal in Olympics and additionally the youngest Indian Olympic medalist. In the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021 India was stood for by a new record variety of 124 professional athletes. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu safeguarded a silver in the weightlifting ladies's classification of 49 kg on the opening day itself, this was the very first time India won a medal on the opening day of any kind of Olympics. Days later on, P. V. Sindhu beat China's He Bingjiao in the bronze medal match in straight video games, thus ending up being the first Indian lady to win 2 specific Olympic medals. Neeraj Chopra won the gold in the Javelin, ending up being the very first Indian to win a gold medal in track and also field and also the second Indian to win a specific gold. In Men's Field Hockey, India won a bronze medal. This medal came after a gap of 41 years, having formerly last won a gold medal in Moscow. In battling competitors Ravi Kumar Dahiya won a silver medal and also Bajrang Punia won a bronze medal. Olympic debutant Lovlina Borgohain took bronze in females's boxing. She became only the 2nd lady to win an Olympic medal. The haul of 7 medals is the ideal efficiency for India in the Olympics background. 