Who is the first Indian to receive a gold medal in the Olympics in an individual sports?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Through the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, no Indian woman has won a gold medal at the Olympics. The only Indian woman to Who_is_the_first_Indian_woman_to_win_an_Olympic_gold_medala 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.

Answer 3

who is the first indian to win an individual medal in Olympic games