First in Sports - India
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FIRSTS IN SPORTS - GENERAL
| Achievement | Sportsperson |
|---|---|
| The first Indian to win an individual medal at the Olympic Games | KD Jadhav (Wrestling) |
| The first Indian to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games | Abhinav Bindra (Shooting) |
| The first Indian woman to win an individual medal at the Olympic Games | Karnam Malleswari (Weightlifting) |
| 1st Indian to win Olympic medals at two consecutive Olympic Games | Sushil Kumar (Wrestling) |
| The first Indian to become a world champion in billiards | Wilson Jones |
| The first Indian gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games | Ashish Kumar |
| 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 (400 m race) |
| The first Indian women athlete to win a medal at a world event (Bronze at World Athletics Championship, 2003) | Anju Bobby George (Long jump) |
| 1st recipient of Dhyanchand Lifetime Achievement Award | Aparna Ghosh (Basketball) |
| 1st Indian recipient of International Cricket Council's Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (also the first in the world) | Rahul Dravid |
| 1st Indian recipient of Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World | Virender Sehwag |
FIRSTS IN BADMINTON
| Achievement | Sportsperson |
|---|---|
| The first Indian woman to be ranked World No. 1 in BWF world rankings | Saina Nehwal |
| The first Indian to be ranked World No. 1 in BWF world rankings | Prakash Padukone |
| The first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championship | Prakash Padukone |
| The first Indian badminton player to win a medal at the Olympics | Saina Nehwal |
| 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 |
| The first Indian to win the gold at BWF World Championships | P.V. Sindhu |
FIRSTS IN TENNIS
| Achievement | Sportsperson |
|---|---|
| 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 woman to win a Grand Slam title | Sania Mirza |
FIRSTS IN CHESS
| Achievement | Sportsperson |
|---|---|
| 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 woman to receive the Grandmaster's title | Koneru Humpy |
| The youngest Indian to win the Grandmaster title | Gukesh Dommaraju (12 years 7 months and 17 days) |
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