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Who was the first Indian to win an individual Gold Medal at the Olympics?

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Leander Paes
  2. Neeraj Chopra
  3. Abhinav Bindra
  4. Milkha Singh

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Abhinav Bindra

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: (C) Abhinav Bindra šŸ“š Explanation: Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games when he won the 10m Air Rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Neeraj Chopra became the second Indian and the first in athletics (Javelin Throw) to win an individual gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Before Bindra, India had only won gold medals in the team sport of Field Hockey.