Who was the first Indian woman to win an olympic medal?

Answer 1

Through the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, no Indian woman has won a gold medal at the Olympics. The only Indian woman to win a medal in Olympic competition was Karnam Malleswari who won the bronze medal in Weightlifting in the 69 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney. All of India's gold medals at the Olympics have come in Field Hockey. India has won gold 8 times in Olympic field hockey: 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1980.

Answer 2

That was P.T. Usha who made the finals of the 400 meter hurdles at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles. She finished 4th in a time of 55.42 seconds, only .01 seconds behind the bronze medal winner Cristiana Coiocaru of Romania.

Answer 3

Karman Malleswari was the first Indian woman to win a bronze medal in the Olympics when she medalled in the Women's 69kg category in Weightlifting at the Sydney Olympics and she is still the only Indian Woman to medal at an Olympics.

Answer 4

The first Indian woman to ever win an Olympic medal was Karnam Malleswari.

Answer 5

The first female athlete to represent India in the Olympics was an N. Polley who competed in tennis at the 1924 Games in Paris.

Answer 6

No Indian woman won gold in weightlifting but Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in ladies light-heavyweight class weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney.

Answer 7

Kamaljit Sandhu, 1982, Bangkok

Answer 8

P . T . Usha

Answer 9

Billy Mills from South Dakota