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Bhaker won India’s first medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, winning bronze in the 10m Air Pistol women’s event on July 28.
She won another bronze in the mixed event of the same category with Sarabjot Singh on July 30, creating history.
He is India’s sole silver medallist in the 2024 Paris Olympics. He registered his season-best javelin throw record of 89.45m in the finals.
He clinched India’s first gold in athletics at the Olympics in Tokyo three years ago, becoming the second Indian to win first place in the Summer Games.
She was 21 years, 1 month and 14 days old when she won a silver medal in Badminton (women’s singles) at Rio Olympics 2016.
She added a bronze to her tally at Tokyo 2020, becoming the third Indian and the first-ever Indian woman to win multiple medals at the Olympics.
He bagged a bronze at 2008 Beijing, in the men’s 66kg freestyle event, beating Kazakhstan’s Leonid Spiridonov.
In the 2012 London Olympics, he finished with a silver medal in the same category, even after having a hard time with health issues.
He was the first Indian ever to win an individual Olympic medal, as well as the first Indian to ever win multiple medals.
He won two silver medals in athletics at the 1900 Paris Olympic Games, one each in the men’s 200m and 200m hurdles.