First in Sports - Indians
Achievement Sportsperson:
Achievement Sportsperson:
** The first Indian to win an individual medal at the Olympic Games -
KD Jadhav
** The first Indian to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games -- Abhinav Bindra
** The first Indian woman to win an individual medal at the Olympic Games --Karnam Malleswari
** The first Indian (also the first Asian) to win the Wimbledon junior Singles title -- Ramanathan Krishnan (in 1954)
** The first Indian to win a Grand Slam title (French Open mixed doubles title in 1997) -- Mahesh Bhupathi
** The first Indian to achieve a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi (2006)
** The first Indian to achieve a career Grand Slam in doubles
Leander Paes (2012)
** The first Indian to become a world champion in billiards
-- Wilson Jones
** India's first Grandmaster and also the first Indian to win the FIDE World Chess Championship-- Vishwanathan Anand
**The first Indian to win the under 10 World Chess Championship
-- P. Harikrishna
** The first Indian to win the All England Badminton Championship
-- Prakash Padukone
** The first Indian gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games
-- Ashish Kumar
** The first Indian woman to receive the Grandmaster's title -- Koneru Humpy
** The youngest Indian to win the Grandmaster title Parimarjan Negi (13 years 3 months and 22 days)
** The youngest Indian to captain its test cricket team - Mansoor Ali Khan
Pataudi
** The first Indian to swim across the English Channel -- Mihir Sen (1958)
**The first Indian woman (also Asian woman) to swim across the English Channel -- Aarti Saha (1959)
** The first woman in the world to swim the seven seas -- Bula Chaudhary
** The first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games --
Kamaljit Sandhu
** The first Indian women athlete to win a medal at a world event (Bronze at World Athletics
Championship, 2003) -- Anju Bobby George
** The first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title -- Sania Mirza
** The first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships and also to win a Super Series tournament, (by clinching the
Indonesia Open) --Saina Nehwal
** 1st recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award -- Viswanathan Anand
** 1st woman recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award -- Karnam Malleswari
** 1st recipient of Dhyanchand Lifetime Achievement Award
-- Aparna Ghosh
** 1st cricket player to be awarded the Arjuna Award -- Salim Durrani
** 1st Indian to win Olympic medals at two consecutive Olympic Games -- Sushil Kumar
KD Jadhav
** The first Indian to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games -- Abhinav Bindra
** The first Indian woman to win an individual medal at the Olympic Games --Karnam Malleswari
** The first Indian (also the first Asian) to win the Wimbledon junior Singles title -- Ramanathan Krishnan (in 1954)
** The first Indian to win a Grand Slam title (French Open mixed doubles title in 1997) -- Mahesh Bhupathi
** The first Indian to achieve a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi (2006)
** The first Indian to achieve a career Grand Slam in doubles
Leander Paes (2012)
** The first Indian to become a world champion in billiards
-- Wilson Jones
** India's first Grandmaster and also the first Indian to win the FIDE World Chess Championship-- Vishwanathan Anand
**The first Indian to win the under 10 World Chess Championship
-- P. Harikrishna
** The first Indian to win the All England Badminton Championship
-- Prakash Padukone
** The first Indian gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games
-- Ashish Kumar
** The first Indian woman to receive the Grandmaster's title -- Koneru Humpy
** The youngest Indian to win the Grandmaster title Parimarjan Negi (13 years 3 months and 22 days)
** The youngest Indian to captain its test cricket team - Mansoor Ali Khan
Pataudi
** The first Indian to swim across the English Channel -- Mihir Sen (1958)
**The first Indian woman (also Asian woman) to swim across the English Channel -- Aarti Saha (1959)
** The first woman in the world to swim the seven seas -- Bula Chaudhary
** The first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games --
Kamaljit Sandhu
** The first Indian women athlete to win a medal at a world event (Bronze at World Athletics
Championship, 2003) -- Anju Bobby George
** The first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title -- Sania Mirza
** The first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships and also to win a Super Series tournament, (by clinching the
Indonesia Open) --Saina Nehwal
** 1st recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award -- Viswanathan Anand
** 1st woman recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award -- Karnam Malleswari
** 1st recipient of Dhyanchand Lifetime Achievement Award
-- Aparna Ghosh
** 1st cricket player to be awarded the Arjuna Award -- Salim Durrani
** 1st Indian to win Olympic medals at two consecutive Olympic Games -- Sushil Kumar
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