The first gold medal won by an Indian woman was at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok when Kamaljeet Sandhu won the 400 meter run.
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∙ 15y agoThe first Indian woman player to win a four star badminton tournament was named Saina Nehawal. She won the bronze medal at the London Olympics in 2012.
Through the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, no Indian woman has won a gold medal at the Olympics. The only Indian woman to win a medal in Olympic competition was Karnam Malleswari who won the bronze medal in weightlifting in the 69 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney. All of India's gold medals at the Olympics have come in field hockey. India has won gold 8 times in Olympic field hockey: 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1980.
That was Karnam Malleswari who won a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. As of the 2008 Games, she is the only Indian women to win a medal at the Olympics.
Jim Thorpe was an American of European and Native American decent. He was in the 1912 Olympics in Sweden. He won gold medals in the pentathlon and the decathlon. In the 2008 Games in Beijing, Abhinav Bindra became the first athlete representing the country of India to win gold in an individual event when he won the men's 10 meter air rifle competition. This was India's 9th gold medal in Olympic competition. The other eight have been won by the hockey team.
Charlotte Cooper was the first woman to get a gold in tennis but im not sure if she is the first to get a medal. sorry if I didn't help
Rian Ruben in 1912 Stockholm, Sweden
The first Indian woman player to win a four star badminton tournament was named Saina Nehawal. She won the bronze medal at the London Olympics in 2012.
Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in women's 69 kg weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney. She is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.
Through the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, no Indian woman has won a gold medal at the Olympics. The only Indian woman to win a medal in Olympic competition was Karnam Malleswari who won the bronze medal in weightlifting in the 69 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney. All of India's gold medals at the Olympics have come in field hockey. India has won gold 8 times in Olympic field hockey: 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1980.
No Indian woman has won an Olympic medal in athletics. Through the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, only one Indian woman has won a medal. That is Karnam Malleswari who won a bronze medal in women's 69 kg weightlifting at the 2000 Games in Sydney.
That was Karnam Malleswari who won a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. As of the 2008 Games, she is the only Indian women to win a medal at the Olympics.
The first Indian born woman to go into space was Kalpana Chawla. The first woman of Indian decent was Rakesh Sharma.
The first Indian woman to reach Antarctica was Mehar Moos.
Margaret Abbot was the first woman to win a Gold medal in the Olympics. She one in 1900 for golf
India won 1 bronze medal at the 2000 Games in Sydney, that by Karnam Malleswari in women's 69 kg weightlifting. She is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.
No woman has landed on the moon, Indian or otherwise.
Jim Thorpe was an American of European and Native American decent. He was in the 1912 Olympics in Sweden. He won gold medals in the pentathlon and the decathlon. In the 2008 Games in Beijing, Abhinav Bindra became the first athlete representing the country of India to win gold in an individual event when he won the men's 10 meter air rifle competition. This was India's 9th gold medal in Olympic competition. The other eight have been won by the hockey team.