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India has won 33 medals at the Olympics since the 1900 edition. Here’s a brief about each of the Indian Olympic winners.
A two-medal haul in its debut kick-started India’s campaign at the Olympics. It has since gone on to win 33 medals across 24 Olympic Games - including golds, silvers and bronze.
Here’s a run-through of all the medals India has won at the Olympics:
Norman Pritchard - silver medal - men’s 200m and 200m hurdles, Paris 1900
India started their maiden Olympic stint with Norman Pritchard at the 1900 Paris Olympics. The first Indian representative in the modern Summer Olympics had participated in five men’s events in athletics – 60m, 100m, 200m, 110m and 200m hurdles, and ended up winning silver medals in 200m and 200m hurdles. Norman Pritchard won India’s first individual medal pre-independence.
Indian hockey team: 8 gold and 1 bronze #
Wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav became India’s first individual Olympic medallist with his bronze in the men's freestyle bantamweight category. It was just reward for the hardworking wrestler, who had to run from pillar to post to gather funds for his Olympic trip and proved his mettle on the biggest stage.
Leander Paes, bronze medal - men’s singles tennis, Atlanta 1996
India had gone without a medal for three straight editions before a young Leander Paes got them to winning ways in 1996 with a bronze. After losing to Andre Agassi in the semi-final, Paes went on to beat Fernando Meligani in the bronze medal match.
Karnam Malleswari, bronze medal - women’s 54kg weightlifting, Sydney 2000
Weightlifter Karnam Malleswari clinched the bronze medal in the 54kg category, becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal. She had lifted 110kg in the snatch category and 130kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 240kg.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, silver medal - men’s double trap shooting, Athens 2004
Armyman Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was the first shooter to win an Olympic medal for India. UAE’s Shaikh Ahmed Almaktoum surged into an unassailable lead and it came down to Rathore to shoot both his flying clay targets with his final attempt in the men’s double trap. The army colonel accurately down both and ensured India's first individual silver medal at the Games.