India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a lone athlete (Norman Pritchard) winning two medals- both silver- in athletics.
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At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Abhinav Bindra won gold in the Men's 10 metre air rifle event becoming the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games.
Vijender Singh got the country's first medal in boxing with his bronze medal in Middleweight category.
The 2012 Summer Olympics saw an 83-member Indian contingent participating in the games and setting a new best for the country with a total of six medals.
Wrestler Sushil Kumar became the first Indian with multiple individual Olympic medals (bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics) since Norman Pritchard in 1900.
Saina Nehwal won bronze medal in badminton in Women's singles getting the country's first Olympic medal in badminton.
Mary Kom became the first Indian woman to win a medal in boxing with her bronze medal finish in Women's flyweight.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, a record number of 118 athletes competed.
Sakshi Malik became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal with her bronze medal finish in Women's freestyle 58 kg category.
Shuttler P. V. Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win a silver medal in Olympics and also the youngest Indian Olympic medallist.
List of Indian Olympic Medal Winners :
P.V. Sindhu - Silver- Badminton- 2016- Rio de Janeiro
Sakshi Malik- Bronze- Wrestling- 2016- Rio de Janeiro
Yogeshwar Dutt- Bronze- Wrestling- 2012- London
Gagan Narang- Bronze- Shooting- 2012- London
Saina Nehwal- Bronze- Badminton- 2012- London
Mary Kom- Bronze- Boxing- 2012- London
Sushil Kumar- Silver- Wrestling- 2012- London
Vijay Kumar- Silver- Shooting- 2012- London
Vijender Kumar- Bronze- Boxing- 2008- Beijing
Sushil Kumar- Bronze- Wrestling- 2008- Beijing
Abhinav Bindra- Gold- Shooting- 2008- Beijing
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore- Silver- Shooting- 2004- Athens
Karnam Malleswari- Bronze- Weightlifting- 2000- Sydney
Leander Paes- Bronze- Tennis- 1996- Atlanta
KD Jadhav- Bronze- Wrestling- 1952- Helsinki
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