Famous Indian
Sports Personality
1.
Dhyan
Chand Hockey
2.
Dhanraj
Pillay Hockey
3.
Kapil
Dev Cricket
4.
Sachin
Ramesh Tendulkar Cricket
5.
Ashish
Kumar Gymnastic
6.
Deepa
Karmkar Gymnastic
7.
Deepika Kumari Archery
8.
Jayant
Talukdar Archery
9.
Abhinav
Bindra Shooting
10. Vijay Kumar Shooting
11. Gagan Narang Sports
Shooter
12. Ronjan Sodhi Trap Shooter
13.
Mary Kom Boxing
14. Vijender Singh Beniwal Boxing
15. Sushil Kumar Solanki Wrestling
- freestyle
16. Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling - freestyle
17.
Alka Tomar Wrestling
- freestyle
18.
Anita Wrestling
– freestyle
19. Leander Paes Lawn Tennis
20.
Sania Mirza Lawn
Tennis
21. Somdev Devraman Lawn Tennis
22. Subhajit Saha Table Tennis
23. Saratkamal Achanta Table Tennis
24. Pullela Gopichand Badminton
25.
Saina Nehwal Badminton
26. Chandrakant D. Mali Weightlifting
27.
Mirabai Chanu Saikhom Weightlifting
28.
Sushila Likmabam Women’s
Judo
29.
Navjot Chana Women’s
Judo
30. Ravinder Singh Wrestling – Greco Roman
31. Sanjay Kumar Wrestling – Greco
Roman
32.
Joshna Chinappa Squash
33.
Dipika Pallikal Squash
34. Jeev Milkha Singh Golf
35. Pankaj Arjan Advani Billiard
36. Baichung Bhutia Football
37.
P. T. Usha Athlete
38. Vishwanathan Anand Chess
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1.
VISHWANATHAN
ANAND (Chess)
He became India's first Grandmaster in
1988 & the first Indian to win the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2000.
He has won awards like Arjuna Award, Padma Shri, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
etc.
2.
P. T. USHA
(Athlete)
She became the first Indian women to
enter the final of an Olympics event in 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. She won
silver medals in the 100 m and the 200 m events in the 1982 New Delhi Asiad.
She won gold in the 400 m in Kuwait and five gold medals at the Asian Meet in
Jakarta in 1985.
3.
BAICHUNG BHUTIA
(Football)
He is former Captain of Indian football
team and a football stadium named after him in honour of his contribution to
Indian football. He has won the Arjuna Award and the Padma Shri. On 28 October,
2010 he started Bhaichung Bhutia Football Schools in Delhi.
4. ASHISH KUMAR (Gymnastic)
Ashish Kumar is an Indian
gymnast from Allahabad. He has won India's first-ever medals in gymnastics at
the 2010 Commonwealth Games and became the most successful Indian gymnast by
winning bronze and silver medals in different gymnastic events.
5.
JAYANT TALUKDAR
(Archery)
He made his international debut with the
Asian Championship 2003 held at Yangon where the Indian team grabbed a Silver
Medal. He won a Gold Medal at the SAF Games, Colombo and Gold Medal at the FITA
Meteksan Archery World Cup tournament in Croatia.
6.
JEEV MILKHA
SINGH (Golf)
He is the first Indian golfer to become
a member of the European Tour. He is the highest ranked Indian golfer in the
world and first broke into the top 100 in October 2006. Singh is the son of
athlete Milkha Singh and Nirmal Kaur, former captain of the Indian women's
volleyball team.
7.
PANKAJ ARJAN
ADVANI (Billiard)
He is the only Indian to have won both
the billiards and snooker world titles. He won his first world championship
title in 2003 IBSF World Snooker Championship in China. He has won awards like
Padma Shri, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award etc.
8.
DHYAN CHAND
(Hockey)
Major Dhyan Chand won 3 gold medals in
Olympic Games. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1956. In 1936 Berlin
Olympics, he was honoured with 'Olive Crown' and in the 1968 Mexico Olympics as
'Distinguished Guest'.
9.
DHANRAJ PILLAY
(Hockey)
Dhanraj
Pillay is former captain of the Indian hockey team. He scored around 170 goals in his
career. He is the only player to have played in four Olympics (1992, 1996,
2000, and 2004. He is recipient of the Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
10. KAPIL DEV (Cricket)
Kapil Dev captained India to World Cup
victory in 1983. He broke Richard Hadlee's record of 431 wickets in Test
cricket. He is the only Indian to score first ODI century. He scored 4,000 Test
runs and took 400 wickets.
11. SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR (Cricket)
Tendulkar is the first cricketer to make
10,000 runs in ODIs, highest individual score by an Indian (200 not out) and
most ‘Man of the Match’ awards in ODIs. He holds the title “God of Cricket”
among his fans. He is the first Indian sports person to receive Bharat Ratna
Award in 2014.
12. ABHINAV BINDRA (Shooting)
He is the first ever Indian to win an
individual Gold Medal since 1900 in air riffle event. He received the Arjuna
Award at the young age of 17 and has been the youngest recipient of the Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards at 18 years. He received the Padma Bhushan in 2009. He
also won gold medal in 2014 Commonwealth games at Glasgow.
13. VIJAY KUMAR (Shooting)
Vijay Kumar is an Indian sports shooter
who is serving as ‘Subedar Major’ in the Indian Army. He has won an Olympic
Silver medal in 2012 London Olympics. He has also won 5 gold medals and one
silver medal in Commonwealth games. He received the Arjuna Award in 2007.
14. GAGAN NARANG (Sports Shooter)
He won an Olympic bronze in the 2012
London Olympics. He has a medal tally of 8 Gold medals in the Commonwealth
games. He was conferred with the Padma Shree Award in 2010 and Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna Award in 2011.
15. RONJAN SODHI (Trap Shooter)
He won a gold medal at
the 2010 Asian Games and two silver medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He
is the recipient of the Arjuna Award and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2013.
16. SUSHIL KUMAR SOLANKI (Wrestling)
He won the gold medal in the 66 kg
freestyle competition at the FILA 2010 World Wrestling Championships and also won
bronze medal in Beijing Olympics in 2008. HHhe has won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna
Award.
17. YOGESHWAR DUTT (Wrestling)
He has won Bronze medal in 2012 London
Olympics and Gold medals in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2010 Commonwealth wrestling
championship and also won a bronze medal in 2006 Asian games. He has been
awarded with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
18. MARY KOM (Boxing)
Mary Kom (Indian pugilist) had won Bronze
medal in 2012 London Olympics and Gold medals in Asian Women’s Boxing
Championship in 2003, 2005, 2010 and 2012. She has won the Arjuna Award (2003)
and Padma Shree (2006).
19. VIJENDER SINGH BENIWAL (Boxing)
At the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, he
won a bronze medal—the first ever Olympic medal for an Indian boxer. He got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. In
2009, he won the Bronze medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships.
20. LEANDER PAES (Lawn Tennis)
He won the Wimbledon junior title in
1990 and the junior US open title in 1991. He won the bronze medal at the
Atlanta Olympics in 1996.
21. SANIA MIRZA (Lawn Tennis)
She is the first ever Indian to break
into the top 30 WTA rankings. In 2004, she was bestowed with the Arjuna Award,
in 2006 Padma Shri Award and in 2015 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
22. PULLELA GOPICHAND (Badminton)
He won
the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001 becoming the second Indian
to achieve this feat after Prakash Padukone. Currently, he runs the Gopichand
Badminton Academy
23. SAINA NEHWAL (Badminton)
She is the first Indian woman to reach
the singles quarter finals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the
World Junior Badminton Championships. She has won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
Award.
24. PARUPALLI
KASHYAP (Badminton)
He was conferred with the Arjuna Award by Government of India in 2012. At the 2014 Glasgow, he won the gold medal in men's
singles. He trains at Gopichand Badminton Academy.
25. JOSHNA CHINAPPA (Squash)
She is the first Indian to win the
British Squash Championship title in 2003 in the under 19 category and was also
the youngest Indian women's national champion.
26. DIPIKA PALLIKAL (Squash)
She is the first Indian woman to break
into the top 10 in the WSA rankings. She won 3 WISPA tour titles in 2011. In
the 20th Commonwealth Games held in 2014, Dipika won gold in the squash women's
doubles event along with Joshna Chinappa.
