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2024 Paris Paralympic Games: India Performance
- India achieved its best-ever performance at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, securing 18th position out of 170 countries. This is the first time India has ranked within the top 20.
- India achieved its best-ever single-day gain at the Paralympics with 8 medals (2 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze) in Paris 2024.
- Overall, India won 29 medals: 7 gold, 9 silver, and 13 bronze.
- Female athletes won 10 medals, including 1 gold, 1 silver, and 8 bronze.
- India now has a total of 60 medals from the Paralympics.
- Sumit Antil became the first Indian male athlete to win back-to-back gold medals in the same event (Javelin Throw F64) and the first Indian male para-athlete to defend his title at the Paralympics.
- Sheetal Devi, at 17, became India’s youngest paralympic medallist in history.
- Avani Lekhara, a shooter, became the first Indian woman to win gold at the Paralympics and the first Indian woman to win two gold medals in shooting at the Paralympics.
- Deepthi Jeevanji became the first intellectually impaired Indian athlete to win a paralympic medal with a bronze in the women's 400m T20 class.
- Mariyappan Thangavelu became the first Indian para-athlete to win medals at three consecutive games (high jump) in the T63 class.
- Thulasimathi Murugesan became the only Indian woman para-shuttler to win a silver medal at the Paralympics.
- India's first gold medal in archery was won by Harvinder Singh.
- Preethi Pal, a sprinter, became the first Indian woman to win 2 medals in track and field at the Paralympics.
Indian Army Officer: Kabilan Sai Ashok
- Lt Col Kabilan Sai Ashok, aged 32, became the youngest Indian referee to officiate boxing events at Paris 2024.
- He is the 4th Indian since 1904 to officiate at the Olympics and the first to have represented India as both a player and an official at a World Championship event.
Paralympic Committee of India
- The Paralympic Committee of India was registered in 1994 with its headquarters in New Delhi.
- Devendra Jhajharia serves as the current president.
- India first participated in the Paralympics in 1968. Since 1984, India has participated in every edition.
- India has participated in 13 Paralympic Games, including Paris 2024.
- India does not participate in the Winter Paralympic Games.
Paralympic Games History
- The first official Paralympic Games took place in Rome in 1960, also known as the 9th Stoke Mandeville Games.
- Initially, the games were open only to athletes in wheelchairs.
- Athletes with different disabilities were included for the first time at the 1976 Summer Paralympics.
- Since the 1988 Seoul Games, Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games have been held together in the same host city.
- Both Summer and Winter Paralympic Games were held together for the first time in 1994.
International Paralympic Committee
- The International Paralympics Committee was founded in 1989 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
- The headquarters is located in Bonn, Germany.
- The organization has 183 National Paralympic committees as members.
- Andrew Parsons from Brazil is the current president.
- The first games organized by the IPC were the 1994 Winter Games.
Olympic Medal
- The obverse of the Olympic medal features an embedded hexagon.
- The medal is designed by Chaumet and produced by Monnaie de Paris, using scraps from the Eiffel Tower's construction site.
- The design features Nike with the Panathenaic Stadium, the Acropolis of Athens, and the Eiffel Tower in the background.
- The gold medal is made of 92.5% silver and plated with 6 grams of gold.
- The tradition of awarding gold medals started at the 1904 Los Angeles Olympics.
Olympic Order
- The Olympic Order is the highest award of the Olympic movement, established in 1975 as a successor to the Olympic Diploma of Merit.
- The first Indian athlete to receive it was Abhinav Bindra in 2024 during the 142nd session of the IOC in Paris.
Olympic Movement
- The Olympic Movement represents the collective efforts inspired by the Olympic Games and its values.
- It includes the International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Sports Federations, and National Olympic Committees.
Olympic Games: Additional Facts
- The 2024 Paris Olympics was the first to not have an official console video game.
- Ugo Gattoni designed the 2024 Paris Olympic poster.
- The first Olympic poster was created in 1900.
- All five continents participated in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games.
- Mollie Philps, from the United Kingdom, was the first woman to be a flag bearer at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics.
- The United Nations General Assembly granted the IOC Permanent Observer Status in 2009.
- Rio 2016 was the first South American city to host the Olympics.
- Rio 2016 and 1956 Melbourne are the only cities in the Southern Hemisphere to have hosted the Games.
Olympics: History
- The Olympic Games officially began in 776 BC, nearly 2800 years ago.
- They were organized in the forests of north-east Pelepanis, known as Olympia.
- The first event was a one-day walking race.
- The games were later organized at four-year intervals, known as an Olympiad.
- In 393 AD, Theodosius I banned Greek temples, god statues, and the Olympic Games to promote Christianity.
- The last recorded Olympic Games were held in 261 AD.
- Baron Pierre de Coubertin is known as the father of the modern Olympics.
- The first international Olympic event began in Athens on April 5, 1986, with King George I of Greece officially declaring the start of the Olympics.
Winter Games History
- The first Winter Games were held in Chamonix, France in 1924.
- Games were held every four years from 1924 to 1936, interrupted by World War II, and resumed in 1948.
- Winter Games were held alongside the Summer Games until 1992, when they were separated to be held in alternating even-numbered years.
- The US has hosted the Winter Games four times, and the US has hosted both Summer and Winter Games a total of 8 times.
- Beijing is the only city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Games, with the Winter Games in 2022.
- Norway has won the most gold medals in Winter Games with 148, followed by the US and Germany.
India's Participation in Winter Games
- India's first Winter Games appearance was in Innsbruck 1964.
- Jeremy Bujakoswki was India's first competitor, participating in the men's downhill ski event.
- India did not participate from 1972 to 1984.
- Shailja Kumar was the first Indian female Winter Games athlete in 1988.
- Shiva Keshvanan is the Indian with the most appearances in Winter Games (6 appearances).
India's Olympic History
- India made its first Olympic appearance in 1900 as British India.
- India was the first Asian nation to win an Olympic medal.
- Norman Pritchard won two silver medals in 1900.
- India participated in every Olympic Games since 1920.
- India has won a total of 41 Olympic medals (10 gold, 10 silver, 21 bronze).
Indian Hockey at Olympics
- The Indian Hockey Federation was formed in 1925 and replaced by Hockey India in 2009.
- India has won 8 gold medals in Olympic hockey, making them the most successful team in the sport's history.
- India ended a 41-year drought by winning a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Tokyo Olympics
- Tokyo was the only city to have experienced both a cancellation (1940) and postponement (2020).
- The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed to 2021, marking the first time in its history.
Paris Olympics 2024
- The 2024 Paris Olympics was India's 26th appearance.
- India won 6 medals: 1 silver, 5 bronze.
- Neeraj Chopra won silver in the javelin throw.
- Manu Bhaker won a bronze medal in shooting, making her the first Indian woman to win a medal in this sport.
- Manu Bhaker and Sarabhjot Singh won a bronze medal in the mixed 10m pistol event, marking India's first medal in a shooting team event.
- India finished 71st on the medal table.
Pakistan's Performance in the Paris Olympics
- Pakistan finished 62nd on the medal table.
- Arshad Nadeen won the gold medal in the javelin throw, marking Pakistan's first individual gold medal.
Notable Achievements in the Paris Olympics
- Novak Djokovic won gold in men's singles tennis, completing the "Golden Slam."
- Katie Ledecky equaled the all-time women's record for Olympic gold medals in swimming (9 gold).
- Leon Marchand broke four Olympic records in swimming, achieving four gold medals in individual events.
- Pan Zhanle broke the world record in the men's 100m freestyle swimming.
- Bobby Finke broke the world record in the men's 1500m freestyle swimming.
- The US team broke the world record in the mixed 4x400m relay.
Controversies in the Paris Olympics
- Imane Khelif, a boxer from Algeria, was disqualified for failing a gender test.
- Vinesh Phogat, a wrestler, was disqualified for exceeding the weight limit.
Olympic History
- The official beginning of the Olympics is dated 776 BC.
- The first known Olympic champion was Coroebus of Elis who won the sprint race.
- Baron Pierre de Coubertin is considered the father of the modern Olympic Games.
- The first Modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896.
- The first Paralympic Games were held in Rome in 1960.
Other Olympic Facts
- The Olympics are held every four years.
- The first Olympic village was built in Los Angeles in 1932.
- The Olympic torch relay is a tradition that began in 1936.
- The Olympic Order is the highest award of the Olympic Movement given to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to sport.
Paralympic Games
- Started in 1948 as Stoke Mandeville Games, specifically for wheelchair athletes.
- Became officially known as Paralympic Games in 1960.
- Held together with summer games in the same city since the 1988 Seoul games.
- International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was formed in 1989.
India in Paralympic Games
- First participation in 1968 Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Participated in every edition since 1984.
- Paris 2024 marked India's 13th appearance.
- Does not participate in Winter Paralympic Games.
- Murlikant Petkar won the first Paralympic medal (gold) in 1972.
- Avani Lekhara was the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the Paralympics.
- Devendra Jhajharia was the first Indian Paralympian to win two gold medals in the javelin throw across two different Paralympic Games.
Other Notable Events
- The first Olympic marathon was won by Spyridon Louis in 1896.
- Pankration was an Olympic game in 648 BC.
- The 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing disrupted the games.
- The Soviet Union first participated in the Helsinki Games of 1952.
- The Olympic Village of Lake Placid (1980) was previously used to house juvenile offenders.
Olympic Symbols and Traditions
- The Olympic Order is the highest award of the Olympic Movement.
- The Paris Olympic poster was designed by Ugo Gattoni.
- The Olympic medal contains metal from the Eiffel Tower.
- The Olympic flag is white with five interlocking rings representing the five continents.
- The Olympic motto is "Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together".
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Field Hockey
- Field hockey is the national sport of Pakistan.
- The men's field hockey team won their first gold medal in 1928.
- Field hockey was added to the Olympics in 1908, removed in 1924, and added again in 1928.
- India has won the most gold medals (6).
- India was undefeated in field hockey from 1928 to 1956.
- India won their first gold medal as an independent nation in 1948.
- The first time India did not medal was in 1976 when Astroturf was introduced.
- India’s largest margin of victory was in 1932 against the USA (24-1).
- The largest margin of victory in a final was in 1936 against Germany (8-1).
- The 1928 and 1932 teams were captained by Jaipal Singh Munda, a member of a tribal community.
- The women’s field hockey team debuted in 1980, with Zimbabwe winning gold.
- India finished fourth in the inaugural women's field hockey tournament.
- Balbir Singh Sr. has scored the most goals in Olympic finals.
Individual Achievements
- Khasabha Dadasaheb (KD) Jadhav won India's first individual Olympic medal in 1952 (bronze in men's bantamweight wrestling).
- He is the only Indian Olympic medalist to not receive a Padma Award.
- India's second individual Olympic medal was won by Leander Paes in 1996 (bronze in men's singles tennis).
- Paes is the first Asian to medal in Olympic tennis and the only Indian to do so.
- He is also the only tennis player to compete in seven Olympic Games.
- Karnam Malleswari was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze in women's 69 kg weightlifting).
- Malleswari is a two-time world champion (1994, 1995).
- Nilima Ghose was the first female Indian Olympian (1952 Helsinki Games).
Olympic Medal Highlights
- India's first Olympic silver medal was won in 2004 by Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (men's double trap shooting).
- India's best Olympic Games performance was in 2008 Beijing, achieving 3 medals.
- Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual gold medal in 2008 at the Beijing Games (10m air rifle shooting).
- Vijender Singh won India's first Olympic boxing medal in 2008 (bronze in middleweight).
- Sushil Kumar won India's first Olympic wrestling medal since KD Jadhav (bronze in 2008).
- The 2012 London Games saw India's largest delegation at the time (83 athletes).
- India won 6 medals in 2012 (2 silver, 4 bronze).
- Sushil Kumar became the first Indian to win multiple individual Olympic medals after winning the silver medal in 2012.
- Saina Nehwal won India's first women's badminton medal in 2012 (bronze).
- Mary Kom won the first Olympic medal in women's boxing (bronze in flyweight).
- India won a total of 117 medals at the 2016 Rio Games, the highest number of athletes at the time.
- In 2016, India won 2 medals, both by women (PV Sindhu winning silver and Sakshi Malik winning bronze).
- Sindhu's silver medal win was the first time India had won an Olympic medal in badminton since 2004.
- The Tokyo Games were held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- India sent its largest delegation to the Tokyo Olympics (124 athletes).
- India achieved its best-ever Olympic performance with 7 medals in Tokyo Games, including the first gold in Athletics (Neeraj Chopra).
- Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won the first medal (silver) in weightlifting at the Tokyo Games, and PV Sindhu became the second Indian to win medals in consecutive Summer Games in individual events after winning a bronze in 2016.
- The Indian men’s hockey team broke a 41-year medal drought in 2021, winning bronze.
- Lovlina Borgohain became the second Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing (bronze).
- Bajrang Punia won his second Olympic medal, a bronze, and became the first Indian wrestler to win four medals at the World Wrestling Championships.
- Lt Col Kabilan Sai Ashok was the youngest Indian referee at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Olympic Games - General Information
- The official beginning of the Olympics is 776 BC, about 2800 years ago.
- The first Olympics was a one-day event, consisting of a walking race.
- The Olympics were banned in 393 AD, the same year Emperor Theodosius I banned Greek temples and god statues, likely to promote Christianity.
- The last known Olympic Games were in 261 AD.
- Pierre de Coubertin is known as the “Father of the Modern Olympics.”
- The first modern Olympics were held in Athens in 1896.
- The tradition of awarding gold medals began with the 1904 Los Angeles Olympics.
- Mollie Philps was the first woman to carry a national flag in the opening ceremony of the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics.
Olympic Order
- The Olympic Order is the highest award of the Olympic Movement.
- The first Indian recipient of the Olympic Order was Abhinav Bindra (2024).
- Indira Gandhi was awarded the Olympic Order in gold in 1983.
Olympic Movement
- The Olympic Movement is a collective effort inspired by the Olympic Games and its values.
- The Olympic Movement is composed of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Sports Federations, and National Olympic Committees.
- The 2024 Paris Olympics will be the first to not have an official video game.
Other Organizations
- The Sports Authority of India (SAI) was established in 1984.
- The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was established in 1984.
- The United World Wrestling was founded in 1912.
- The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) was established in 1967.
- The International Boxing Association (IBA) was founded in 1946.
- The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was founded in 1999.
Paralympic Games
- The term “Paralympic Games” was officially adopted in 1984.
Paris 2024 Olympics
- The 2024 Paris Olympics will have 339 events in 33 sports.
- The motto of the 2024 Olympics is “United by Emotion.”
- The mascot of the 2024 Olympics is Miraitowa.
- The opening ceremony flag bearers were Mary Kom and Manpreet Singh, while Bajrang Punia was the closing ceremony flag bearer.
- India broke its medal record in Paris with 7 medals with the highlight being Neeraj Chopra's gold medal in Athletics.
- Novak Djokovic won the men's singles gold in tennis, completing the “golden slam.”
- Katie Ledecky tied Larisa Latynina's record for most Olympic gold medals (9), and Leon Marchand broke four Olympic records in individual swimming events.
- Pan Zhanle of China broke the world record in the men's 100m freestyle swimming.
- Bobby Finke broke the world record in men's 1500m freestyle swimming.
- The USA mixed 4x400m relay team broke the world record.
- Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting were accused of failing a gender test, but are still competing in Paris.
- Vinesh Phogat was disqualified for being over the weight limit in the 50kg final.
Controversy at 2024 Paris Olympics
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The International Boxing Association (IBA) was derecognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over financial and governance issues, while the IOC has yet to recognize the IBA. ### Paralympic Games History
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Early Games: The first organized gathering of disabled athletes was in 1948, initiated by Dr. Ludwig Guttman for British World War II veterans.
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Official Games: The first official Paralympic Games were held in 1960 in Rome, originally called the 9th Stoke Mandeville Games and initially open only to wheelchair athletes
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Evolution: The Paralympic Games expanded to include athletes with different disabilities in 1976.
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Merged Events: Since the 1988 Seoul Summer Paralympics, both the Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games have been held together in the same host city.
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International Paralympic Committee (IPC): The IPC was founded in 1989 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Currently, it has 183 National Paralympic Committees.
India at the Paralympics
- First Participation: India first participated in the 1968 Paralympic Games in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Consistent Participation: India has participated in every Paralympic Games since 1984.
- First Medal: Murlikant Petkar won India's first Paralympic medal, a gold in freestyle swimming at the 1972 Munich Games.
- First Multi-Medallist: Joginder Singh Bedi won three medals in Athletics at the 1984 Games.
- First Woman to Win a Medal: Deepa Malik won a silver medal in shot put at the 2016 Paralympic Games.
- First Woman to Win Gold: Avani Lekhara won a gold medal in the 10m air rifle standing event at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, also winning the bronze in the 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 event.
- First Civil Servant to Win a Medal: Suhas Lalinakere won medals in badminton at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and Paris 2024 (silver).
- First Double Gold Medalist: Devendra Jhajharia, a javelin thrower, won two gold medals across two different Paralympic Games.
- Tokyo 2020 Highlights: India won 19 medals in Tokyo, including five gold, eight silver, and six bronze. Harvinder Singh became the first Indian to win a medal in Paralympic archery.
- India's absence from Winter Paralympics: India does not participate in the Winter Paralympic Games.
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Explore India's historic performance at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, where it finished 18th out of 170 countries. With a total of 29 medals, including a record gold and accomplishments from standout athletes like Sumit Antil and Avani Lekhara, this quiz highlights remarkable athletic feats and milestones in Indian Paralympic history.
