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India made its Winter Olympics debut at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck with Jeremy Bujakowski competing in the men's downhill event in alpine skiing. [a] [37] [38] [39] In the subsequent Summer Olympics held in Tokyo in the same year, India sent a contingent of 53 competitors including two participants for the diving event for the first ...
India sent 21-member contingent, the highest ever to the shooting event and competed across all 15 medal events. Manu Bhaker , Anjum Moudgil , Aishwary Tomar and Elavenil Valarivan participated in their second Olympic Games while the others made their debuts.
The Games marked the nation's 25th appearance at the Summer Olympics after having made its official debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics. India sent its largest-ever contingent consisting of 119 athletes competing across 18 sports in the Games. India entered an athlete for the fencing event for the first time
India sends far fewer athletes and support staff to the Olympics than top teams like the US, Majumdar said. For example, 117 Indian competitors went to Paris, compared with nearly 600 Americans.
Balbir Singh Sr. was given this honour twice in 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics, while Shiva Keshavan led the Indian contingent four times in 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2018 Winter Olympics. In the 1992 Summer Olympics, Shiny Abraham-Wilson became the first woman to carry the flag of India at the opening ceremony of any
India has scored the most goals against Australia in a 4–2 victory at the 1956 Olympics, their biggest win in the Olympic history. The most goals the team conceded were in a 1–10 loss against Yugoslavia at the 1952 Olympics , their largest defeat to date.
India men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by receiving a berth and earning the gold medal from the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon. [20] Team roster. The following is the India roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [21] Head coach: Roelant Oltmans
India competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.India was represented by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). A contingent of 57 athletes in 12 sports represented India, and had a support-staff of 42 officials.