Worldclass Sportsmen |
NATIONAL
RECORDS
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WOMEN |
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Sachin
Tendulkar
The highest rungetter in one-dayers
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- Athletics
- Badminton
- Ball Badminton
- Basketball
- Billiards &
Snooker
- Body Building
- Boxing
- Carrom
- Chess
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- Cricket
- Cycling
- Equestrian
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastic
- Hockey
- Judo
- Kabaddi
- Kho-Kho
- Polo
- Powerlifting
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- Rowing
- Shooting
- Skating
- Squash
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Weight Lifting
- Wrestling
- Yatching
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Archery
India's
Reena Kumari won a Gold Medal in the Women's independent event.
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Athletics
Discuss
Thrower Ms.Seema Antil became the first Indian Athlete ever to win
a Gold Medal in a World Championship. She won the Gold at the
Wordl Junior Athletics Champiomship in Santiago (Chile) on October
19,2000 with an impressive throw of 55.27 metres.
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Carrom
India won
the Men's team title for a third successive time defeating
SriLanka (3-0) in the Third World Carom Championship held in New
Delhi on November 8,2000.India also won the Women's team title
defeating SriLanka (3-0) on November 6,2000 in New Delhi.
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Chess
Vishwanathan
Anand of India won the Corsica Masters rapid tournament title
defeating Sinisa Drazic of Ygoslavia in the finals in Istanbul
(Turkey) on November 5,2000.
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Amrithraj, Vijay (b.1953)
India's tennis star. Recipient of Main Fair Play Trophy of UNESCO. Only player to win Hall of Fame Tennis thrice.
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Bhupathi Mahesh
Indian Tennis player who became the first Indian to make the finals of a Grand Slam event. He
along with Japan's Rika Hiraki won the 1997 French Open. Also won French & Wimbledon Men's Doubles 1999 along with Leander Paes and US Open Mixed Doubles 1999 partnering with Ai Sugiyama of Japan.
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Randhir Singh
At the Bangkok Asiad in 1978. At the Victoria Commonwealth Games he had won two golds, one silver and one bronze. First Indian to win World Standard Pistol Junior Chamionship at Milan (1995). Leader of Indian
contingent to the 16th Commonwealth Games (Kuala Lumpur, September 1998) where he won 2 gold and 1 silver for the country.
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Sethi Geet
India's unseeded player was the youngest ever to win World Billiards Championship in 1985. Also won Gold Flake Championship in 1992 and 1993. Winner of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 1992-93 and K.K.Birla Foundation Award for Sports, 1992; silver medallist in 1998 Asian Games at Bangkok. He also bagged the Fred Davis Award for Billiards (Player of year) 1998-99. |
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Sportsmen & Women
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| Seema
Antil |
Discus thrower
junior |
P.T.Usha |
Athlete |
| Neelam
J. Singh |
Discus
thrower |
Milkha Singh athlete |
Athlete |
| Pullela
Gopi Chand |
Badminton |
Ashwini Nachhappa |
Athlete |
| Nandu Natekar |
Badminton |
Gurbachansingh Randhwa |
Athlete |
| Aparna Popat |
Badminton |
Shriram Singh |
Athlete |
| Geet Sethi |
Snooker |
Shivnathsingh |
Athlete |
| Dara Singh |
Boxing |
Dalit Singh |
Athlete |
| Khashba Jadhav
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(Wrestling) |
Gurmeet
Kaur |
Athlete |
| Karnam Malleshwari |
(weight lifting) |
Ramandeep
Singh |
Hockey |
| Leander Paes |
Tennis |
Dr. Vace Paes |
Hockey |
| Mahesh Bhupati |
Tennis |
Dhanraj Pillay |
Hockey |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
Cricket |
Dhyan chand |
Hockey |
| Sunil Gawaskar |
Cricket |
Roopsingh |
Hockey |
| Mohmad Azarruddin |
Cricket |
Rahul
Dravid |
Cricket |
| Kapil
Dev |
Cricket |
Mohinder
amarnath |
Cricket |
| Vinoo
Mankad |
Cricket |
Ajay
Jadeja |
Cricket |
| Hirwani |
Cricket |
Sandip
Patil |
Cricket |
| Kumble
Anil |
Cricket |
Ravi
Shastri |
Cricket |
| Shrinath Javgal |
Cricket |
Chandu
Borde |
Cricket |
| Ajit
Wadekar |
Cricket |
Lala
Amarnath |
Cricket |
| Saurav
Ganguly |
Cricket |
Anand
Vishwanthan |
Chess |
| Pataudi |
Cricket |
Abhijit
Kunte |
Chess |
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