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Who was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal?
Abhinav Bindra
Neeraj Chopra
Leander Paes
Sushil Kumar
Abhinav Bindra
Abhinav Bindra is the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal, achieving the historic feat at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He secured the gold in the men's 10m air rifle shooting event, marking India's first-ever individual gold medal in Olympic history. Prior to this, India's gold medals had exclusively come from the men's field hockey team.
Abhinav Bindra is the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal, achieving the historic feat at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He secured the gold in the men's 10m air rifle shooting event, marking India's first-ever individual gold medal in Olympic history. Prior to this, India's gold medals had exclusively come from the men's field hockey team.
India at the Olympics: India won its first-ever team Olympic gold in hockey at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics under the captainship of Jaipal Singh Munda.
Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the 10m air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
Before Bindra's victory, India's individual Olympic medal tally included silver and bronze medals, such as KD Jadhav's bronze in 1952.
Neeraj Chopra became the second individual Olympic gold medalist for India by winning the javelin throw at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Option A is correct because Abhinav Bindra clinched the individual gold medal in shooting at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Option B (Neeraj Chopra) won India's second individual Olympic gold medal in athletics (javelin throw) at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Option C (Leander Paes) won a bronze medal in men's singles tennis at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Option D (Sushil Kumar) won a bronze medal in wrestling at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics.
A is correct тАФ Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Olympic gold medal in the 10m air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
In Indian competitive exams like RRB JE, questions frequently test historic sports milestones, including India's first Olympic medalists and flag bearers across different Olympic editions.
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