Who among the following is the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympics ?
- A.Karnam Malleswari
- B.Mirabai Chanu
- C.P.T. Usha
- D.P.V. Sindhu
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Karnam Malleswari. She won a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the first Olympic medal by an Indian woman.
Malleswari, from Andhra Pradesh, lifted a total of 240 kg in the 69 kg category in Sydney. Her medal opened the way for later women medallists such as Saina Nehwal and Mary Kom in London 2012 and Sakshi Malik and P.V. Sindhu in Rio 2016. She had earlier been a world champion and received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and the Padma Shri.
Option B is wrong because Mirabai Chanu won her silver in weightlifting much later, at the Tokyo 2020 Games. Option C is wrong because P.T. Usha did not win an Olympic medal; she finished fourth in the 400 m hurdles at Los Angeles 1984, missing bronze by one-hundredth of a second. Option D is wrong because P.V. Sindhu's first Olympic medal, a badminton silver, came in 2016.
Exam tip: first Indian woman Olympic medallist = Karnam Malleswari, bronze, weightlifting, Sydney 2000.
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