Haryana Quiz: Sports and Sportspersons of Haryana

Neeraj Chopra comes from Khandra village in Panipat district and won the gold medal in the javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics, the first Olympic gold for India in a track and field event; he later added an Olympic silver at Paris and a world championship title in the same…

He won a bronze medal in the 75 kg middleweight class at the Beijing Olympics of 2008, the first Olympic medal won by an Indian boxer, and he came from the Bhiwani Boxing Club in Bhiwani district.

The town is called the little Cuba or mini Cuba of India because of the Bhiwani Boxing Club, where a stream of boxers trained under the coach Jagdish Singh and from which several reached the Beijing Olympics of 2008, including the bronze medallist Vijender Singh.

Sakshi Malik, from Mokhra village in Rohtak district, won the bronze medal in the 58 kg freestyle event at the Rio Olympics and became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal; hers was also the first medal India won at those Games.

He comes from Nahri village in Sonipat district and won the silver medal in the 57 kg freestyle class at the Tokyo Olympics, losing only the final; his silver was the better of the two wrestling medals India won at those Games.

Shahabad Markanda, a small town in Kurukshetra district, is called the nursery of Indian women hockey; Rani Rampal, who captained the national team and has received both the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna and the Padma Shri, learnt the game on its astroturf, and the former men team captain and…

Known as the Haryana Hurricane, he played his domestic cricket for Haryana, led India to the World Cup in 1983 and captained the state side to its Ranji Trophy title in the season of 1990 and 1991, which remains the great achievement of Haryana cricket.

She comes from Goria village in Jhajjar district and won two bronze medals at the Paris Olympics, one in the individual ten metre air pistol and one in the ten metre air pistol mixed team event, which made her the first Indian athlete since independence to win two medals at…

Sumit Antil of Khewra village in Sonipat district competes in the javelin throw in the F64 class, won the gold at the Tokyo Paralympics and defended it at Paris, breaking the world record in the class along the way.

She belongs to Haryana and won a silver medal in the shot put at the Rio Paralympics of 2016, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympic Games; she went on to become president of the Paralympic Committee of India and has received the Padma Shri.…

It is the highest sporting honour conferred by the Government of Haryana on outstanding sportspersons of the state, and it sits alongside the cash awards and the reservation of government posts that make up the sports policy of Haryana.

She won the gold at the Commonwealth Games held in Delhi in 2010, the first Indian woman wrestler to do so, and she was also the first Indian woman wrestler to qualify for the Olympic Games, at London in 2012.