Medal winners at

Olympics
First woman to win a
medal: Sydney 2000
 Karnam Malleswari
• A bronze medal in the
weightlifting 69kg women’s
category of Sydney Olympics.
• She lifted a total of 240 kg in
the course of her event.
First medal in shooting:
Athens 2004
 Rajyavardhan Singh
Rathore
• The first shooter from the
country to bag the silver
medal at the Olympics
• Also served as India’s Union
Minister for Sports
First individual gold:
Beijing 2008
 Abhinav Bindra
• Top in Men’s 10m Air Rifle
category with a score of
700.5.
• The country returned with two
more medals, both bronze, in
boxing and wrestling.
Bronze medal at the 2012
London Olympics.
 Sushil Kumar
• A medal to India’s wrestling
tally by winning a Bronze in
the men’s freestyle (66kg)
category.
• After a gap of 56 years
2008 Beijing Olympics
bronze medallist
 Vijender Singh
• Winning bronze at the Beijing
Olympics, bringing boxing to the
forefront.
• Vijender and Sushil received Khel
Ratna Awards for their
achievements that year.
Bronze in London Olympics
2012
 Saina Nehwal and Mary Kom
• World junior champion Saina
became the first Indian athlete
to win an Olympic bronze
medal in the women’s singles.
• Mary kom in boxing.
Bronze medal at the 2012
London Olympics
 Yogeshwar Dutt
• A Bronze medal in the men’s
freestyle (60kg) category to
become the third Indian
wrestler to win an Olympic
medal.
Bronze medal at the 2012
London Olympics
 Gagan Narang
• Wins the bronze medal in the
10m Air Rifle shooting event
at the Olympic Games 2012 in
London on Monday
First woman wrestler to win
medal: Rio 2016
 Sakshi Malik
• Became the first Indian woman
wrestler to win an Olympic medal
with her bronze medal finish in
the Women’s freestyle 58 kg
category.
 The fifth woman player
from India to win a medal
in Olympics
 PV Sindhu
•The first to clinch a
silver. She is also the
youngest Indian to win a
medal at the Olympics.
At the Tokyo 2020
Olympics games
 Neeraj Chopra
•A second round throw of
87.58m in the finals to end
India’s 100-year wait for a
track and field medal in
the Olympics.