Interesting Facts About Olympic Nations – India
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India is one of the first Asian country to female athletes to the Olympics to send. This country had sent four sports of swimming and athletics in 1952 in Helsinki.
Indian sprinter Norman D. Pritchard, who has lived in England, was the first athlete to win an Olympic medal from Asia. In 1900 he won two Olympic silver medals (200m and 200m hurdles). For this reason, India and most of the poorest countries in the 1900s was to win the first Asian country to an Olympic medal.
In 1976, President of Indian Olympic Association OPMehra, refused, the boycott of the Olympics in Montreal Tanzania led a protest against the participation of Team New Zealand rugby to join visited countries in South Africa. In the years of apartheid South Africa was expelled from the International Olympic Committee. India, whose Prime Minister Indira Gandhi fought against apartheid in the 1970s, with 26 athletes sent to Montreal (Canada).
This country has an athlete (Ski) Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck (Austria) in 1964. For the first time India has participated in the Olympic Winter Games.
India is the second most populous country in the world boycotted the Commonwealth Games 1986 in Edinburgh.
KD Jadav (wrestler) was the second Indian to win an individual Olympic medal. In the Summer Olympics in Helsinki (Finland) won a bronze medal Jadav.
Leander Paes of India’s most famous tennis player is. He won bronze in the individual men’s Olympics in 1996 in the United States. It can not be with Vijay Amritraj, the LED compared to India to Davis Cup final 1974th
The Indian Olympic Association and the city of New Delhi is planning to invest nearly 800 million U.S. dollars to the New Delhi Commonwealth Games to prepare 2010th
From 1900 to 1976 486 athletes participated in the Olympic Games. During these years, India has won Olympic medals in the following events: Athletics (2 silver), rings (one bronze), Field Hockey (7 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze).
Jawaharlal Nehru supported the Asian Games in 1951 in New Delhi.
PT Usha was one of the best athletes in Asia. In 1986 she became the first Indian athlete to four gold medals at a single Games.She Asia win gold medals in the 200m, 400m, 400m hurdles and 4×400m in 1990 and 1994 Asian Games relay.In It has also won four medals. Usha said one day: “Of all the medals I won at the Asian Games, I keep the gold in the 200 meters winning in Seoul in 1986, when I played Lydia De Vega of the Philippines in a tight race.”
The Indian men’s team won the hockey gold medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. In the final, India beat Germany 8-1.
The country sent 49 athletes to the Olympics. Track and field in 1972 in Munich: Suresh Babu, Parveen Kumar, Kamaljit Sandhu, Edward Sequeira, Singh Chauhan, Singh Gill, Jagraj Singh, Sriram Singh. Boxing: Mehtab Sing, Venu Narayan Cha Muniswa. Wrestling: It Birajdarhar, Chandgi Ram, Harishchandra Jagrup Singh, Maruti Adkar, Mukhtiar Singh, Prem Premnath, S. Satpaisingh, p. Sudeshkumar. Weightlifting Anilku Mondal. Shooting: PK Chatterjee, S. Choudhary, Karni Singh, Randhir Singh. Badminton: Suresh Goel. Hockey: Ajit Singh, Ajitpal Singh, Ashok Kumar, K. Aslamsher, Billimogaputtas Govin, Charles Cornelio, Harbinder Singh, Singh Harcharn, Harmik Singh, Kulwant Singh, Manuel Friedrich, Michael Kindo, Galesh Mollerapoovayya Mukhbain Singh, Krishnamurty Perumal, Phillips VJ, Vece Paes, Virinder Singh. Sailing: Basith Ahmed, S. Entrepreneur, Mogul Tehmas, Satish Uberoi, P. Vijaishwar.
Vijay Singh, one of the best golfers in the world, is of Indian origin.
India is the second largest Asian nation won the silver medal at the Asian Cup Soccer 1964th
Sania Mirza is one of the best tennis players in Asia. She was born in Mumbai, India. Sania became the first Indian woman to win the junior Wimbledon. Larry Scott, president of the WTA, said, “it received the status of icons culturally and politically, as a role model for women, and what it means to be a Muslim in India. Its pretty confident in yourself as a person, it struck some people but the resonance with youth.Some the facility is not so sure of herself, she enjoys a bit cheeky and sweet, and some personality, but adds fuel to its popularity … ”
Visakhapatnam (India) hosted the 2005 Men’s Volleyball Junior World Championship.
The Asian countries have participated in 22 Olympic Games: Paris 1900 Paris 1924 Antwerp 1920 Amsterdam 1928 Los Angeles 1932 Berlin 1936 London 1948 Helsinki 1952 Melbourne 1956 Rome 1960 Tokyo 1964 Mexico City 1968, Munich 1972, Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984 , Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008.
India has won five gold medals at the 1986 Summer Games in Asia, Seoul (South Korea).
The Indian national football team won the gold medal at the Asian Games in Jakarta was in 1962.The Asian tournament won by India for the second time.
Sir J. Dorabji Tata is the first president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in 1920.
