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India sent 48, 46 and 52 athletes to the subsequent three Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988, and 1992 respectively, but failed to win a single medal across the three Olympic Games. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] In between, India returned to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics after a gap of nearly 20 years.
Neeraj Chopra won India's first-ever Olympic gold medal in athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021) by throwing his best of 87.58 meters in the javelin throw final. Chopra is the first javelin thrower from India who won a gold medal, and only the second Indian sportsperson after Abhinav Bindra to win an Olympic gold medal. [11] [42]
This was India's 2nd most successful Olympics in terms of total medals, they won a total of 6 medals (2 silver and 4 bronze), doubling the nation's previous record (3 medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics). Two medals were awarded to athletes in shooting and wrestling. Female Indian athletes won two Olympic medals in one Games for the first time.
The Indian Olympic Association is the National Olympic Committee for the India. [1] The Indian athletes have won a total of 23 medals (3 of them gold) at the Summer Youth Olympic Games. India had its best performance in the 2018 summer games, winning thirteen medals including three gold. [2]
India has participated in the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. Their first ever medal was a Bronze medal won by Anju Bobby George in 2003 in Paris; in the Women's long jump discipline. [1] Neeraj Chopra is the second Indian to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. [2]
[18] [19] The men's national field hockey team won the bronze medal to record their first Olympic medal since 1980. [20] Lovlina Borgohain won a bronze in the women's welterweight category in boxing, thereby becoming only the third Indian to win a boxing medal at the Games after Vijender Singh in 2008 and Mary Kom in 2012. [21]
India at the 2022 World Games; IOC code: IND: NOC: Indian Olympic Association: in Birmingham, United States 7 July 2022 () – 17 July 2022 () Competitors: 10 (5 men and 5 women) in 5 sports: Medals Ranked 70th: Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1: World Games appearances
[6] [7] These medals were won only by female athletes for the first time in history, a silver to badminton player P. V. Sindhu in the women's singles, who became India's youngest individual Olympic medallist and the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver, as well as a bronze to freestyle wrestler Sakshi Malik in the women's 58 kg, who ...