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The Indian Hockey Federation, which had been established earlier in 1925, sent the men's team to the 1928 Games. The hockey team won India's first gold medal in the Olympics at Amsterdam. [14] This was the first gold medal won by any nation from Asia at the modern Olympic Games.
[16] [17] Pistol shooter Jaspal Rana is the most successful Indian athlete at the Commonwealth Games, with 15 medals – nine golds, four silvers and two bronze. He dominated the shooting circuit in the 1990s and early 2000s. [18] [19] The Indian shooters played a crucial role during India's best showing at the Commonwealth Games, which came in ...
India at the 2018 Commonwealth Games; CGF code: IND: CGA: Indian Olympic Association: Website: olympic.ind.in: in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018; Competitors: 216 in 15 sports: Flag bearers : Opening: P. V. Sindhu Closing: Mary Kom: Medals Ranked 3rd: Gold 26 Silver 20 Bronze 20 Total 66: Commonwealth Games appearances
Abhinav Bindra shows off India’s first-ever individual Olympic gold in the men's 10m air rifle shooting competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 11, 2008. - Desmond Boylan/Reuters
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
India, the world’s most populous country, is a serial underperformer at the Olympic Games. Here’s why. No golds for India: Why the world’s most populous country punches below its weight at ...
The result was helped by India's defenders; right–back Sudhir Karmakar marked Japanese striker Kunishige Kamamoto so skillfully that FIFA president Stanley Rous called Karmakar "Asia's best defender" and India "the most skillful team of the tournament". [68] [67] [71] This was the India senior national team's last medal at the Asian Games. [53]
The Indian Olympic Association was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1927. [1] The nation made its Summer Olympics debut in the 1900 Olympics at Paris with a lone athlete participating in the Games. [2] By the time the IOA was established, India had already competed in two more Summer Olympic Games in 1920, and 1924. [3]