prithipal singh was the first indian to win an individual gold medal in the olympics.
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bullet::::- 11 august – shooter abhinav bindra wins the gold in the 10 m air rifle event at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing. he became the first indian to win an individual gold medal at the olympic games.





























bullet::::- 20 august – wrestler sushil kumar wins a bronze medal in the men's 66 kg freestyle wrestling category at 2008 summer olympics in beijing.





























bullet::::- 21 august – boxer vijender kumar became the first indian boxer to win an olympic medal when he won bronze medal in the middleweight category at 2008 summer olympics in beijing.
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p.t. usha won multiple gold medals in different editions of asian games and asian athletics championships. lavy pinto was the first indian to win a gold medal in the asian games which he won in the first asian games held at new delhi in 1951 in 100 and 200-meter categories. christine brown, stephie d'souza, violet peters, mary d'souza gave india its first women athletics gold medal when they won 4 × 100 m relay in 1954 asian games but current asian record is held by priyanka pawar, tintu luka, mandeep kaur, machettira raju poovamma when they won women's 4 × 400 metres relay at 2014 asian games clocking 3:28:68. kamaljeet sandhu was the first indian female athlete to win individual gold medal at any asian games by winning 400m track event at 1970 asian games. sunita rani holds the current asian record in 1500 m track event winning at busan 2002 asian games clocking 4:06:03.
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