First In Sports - Indian
02- Feb - 2018
Achievement The Player First Indian player to win individual medal in Olympics KD Jadhav First Indian player to win gold medal in Olympics Abhinav Bindra First Indian woman to win individual medal in Olympic Games Karnam Malleswari First Indian to win Wimbledon Junior singles title (also Asian as well) Ramanathan Krishnan (In 1954) First Indian to win Grand Slam title (1997 French Open mixed doubles Mahesh Bhupathi titles) The first Indian to win a Grand Slam for his mixed doubles career Mahesh Bhupathi (2006) First Indian to win a Grand Slam career in doubles Leander Paes (2012) First Indian to become world champion in billiards Wilson Jones First Indian to win India's first Grandmaster and FIDE World Chess Viswanathan Anand Championship First Indian to win world chess championship under 10 years of age P. Harikrishna First Indian to win All England Badminton Championship Prakash padukone First Indian gymnast to win medal in Commonwealth Games Ashish Kumar The first Indian woman to receive Grandmaster's title Koneru hampee Youngest captain of Indian Test cricket team Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi First Indian to cross the English Channel Mihir Sen (1958) The first Indian woman to cross the English Channel (also the first Asian Aarti Saha (1959) woman) The First Woman in the World to Cross Seven Seas Bula chaudhari First Indian woman to win gold medal in Asian Games Kamaljit sandhu First Indian woman athlete to win a medal in World Championship (World Anju Bobby George Athletics Championship, bronze medal in 2003) First Indian woman to win Grand Slam title Sania Mirza The first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championship and win Saina Nehwal a Super Series Tournament (winning the Indonesia Open 2009) First recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Viswanathan Anand First Lady Recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Karnam Malleswari First recipient of Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award Aparna Ghosh First Indian to win a medal in two Olympic Games Sushil Kumar The first Indian player to get the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy of the Rahul Dravid International Cricket Council (also the world's first winner) First Indian to win Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World title Virender Sehwag