There was a lone athlete representing India at the 1900 Games in Paris. His name was Norman Pritchard (born in Calcutta) and he won silver medals in the 200 meter dash and 200 meter hurdles. The first year India sent a team of athletes to the Olympics was the 1920 Games in Antwerp. India has competed in every Summer Olympics since 1920.
In the 2008 Games in Beijing, Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian 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. All eight gold medals previously won by India were in hockey.
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South Korea's first Olympic gold medal was won by Yang Jeong-Mo in men's freestyle wrestling, featherweight class, at the 1976 Games in Montreal.
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.
India won its last hockey gold medal in 1980 in Moscow Olympic.
Nigeria won her first Olympic gold medal in 1876
No gold, but 2 silver and 4 bronze
In the 2008 Games in Beijing, Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian 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. All eight gold medals previously won by India were in hockey.
The Olympic gold medal is awarded for coming first in an Olympic event. It looks like a small golden circle.
It is Abhinav Bindra
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Pakistan won gold medals in 1960, 1968 and 1984.
No. Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, India has not won any Olympic medals in football.
Norman pritchard in 1900
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