Olympic Medal Winners from India

Olympic Medal Winners from India – After the 1980 Olympics, the Indian Hockey Team soared to the top of the podium, making the 2020 Olympics particularly noteworthy. The bronze medal was boasted about. The entire country should be proud of the outstanding achievement of the Indian Olympic team. List Of Indian Olympics Medal Winner 2021 is a topic that will be covered in this article. Exams like the UPSC and UPPSC recently included Olympic-related questions. The candidate had to be reasonably knowledgeable with the Olympics, the accomplishments of Indian athletes, and the legacy of these spectacular competitions.

List Of Indian Olympics Medal Winners 2021:

When preparing for a competitive exam, it is crucial to be aware with the whole list of Indian Olympic medal winners. Many questions based on this list could be posed in a variety of exams:

Achievements
Neeraj Chopra	Gold medal in Men’s Javelin throw
Mirabai Chanu	Silver medal in women’s 49kg weightlifting
Ravi Kumar Dahiya	Silver medal in men’s 57kg freestyle wrestling
PV Sindhu	Bronze medal in women’s singles badminton
Lovlina Borgohain	Bronze medal in women’s welterweight boxing
Bajrang Punia	Bronze medal in men’s 65kg freestyle wrestling
Men’s hockey team	Bronze medal

List Of Gold Medal Winners From India:

India has 10 Olympic gold medals to its name. Eight of them belong to the men’s hockey squad. Neeraj Chopra is the second individual Olympic champion after Abhinav Bindra.

Year & Venue	Medal	Captain
1928 – Amsterdam	Gold	Jaipal Singh
1932 – Los Angeles	Gold	Lal Bokhari
1936 – Berlin	Gold	Dhyanchand
1948 – London	Gold	Kishan Lal
1952 – Helsinki	Gold	K.D. Singh
1956 – Melbourne	Gold	Balbir Singh Sr
1964 – Tokyo	Gold	Charanjit Singh
1980 – Moscow	Gold	Vasudevan Bhaskaran
2008-Beijing	Gold	Abhinav Bindra- Shootinng
2021-Tokyo	Gold	Neeraj Chopra – Javelin throw

Important Facts about Olympic:

• The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo began on July 23 and ended on August 8, 2021. The Covid Pandemic forced the postponement of the games.
• The Indian team competed in a record 69 events, winning medals in 18 different sports.
• Neeraj Chopra earned India’s first gold medal in athletics in the men’s javelin throw.
• Abhinav Bindra won the nation’s second-ever individual gold medal, its first since the Beijing Olympics in 2008. (Shooting).
• Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in weightlifting since 2000, won India’s first-ever silver medal in women’s weightlifting (49 kg).
• The men’s national field hockey team earned their first medal since 1980 when they won the bronze.

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