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    Olympics

    o First Olympic Games: Greece by the end of the 6th Century BC.

    o First Modern Olympic was revived by Pierre, baron de Coubertin


    (French) in 1896.

    o 1994, the Summer & Winter Games were held on a staggered two-
    year schedule.

    o International Olympic Committee HQ: Lausanne, Switzerland

    o President: Thomas Bach


    Upcoming Summer Olympic:

    Europe Africa America o Paris, France, 2024


    Mascot: The Phryges
    o Milan and Cortina,
    Italy, 2026.
    o Los Angeles, USA,
    2028.

    Asia Oceania o Brisbane, Australia,


    2032
    o First Summer Olympic: Athens, Greece, 1896

    o First Winter Olympic: Chamonix, France,1924

    o First Paralympics: Rome, Italy, 1960

    o Maximum Gold medals, Individual, Male: American swimmer Michael


    Phelps, 28 gold

    o Maximum Gold medals, Individual, Female: Soviet gymnast Larisa


    Latynina, 18 Gold

    o Maximum Gold medals by Countries: USA

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    India in Olympics

    o India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a


    lone athlete Norman Pritchard winning two medals – both silver
    –in athletics and became the first Asian nation to win an
    Olympic medal.

    o First Gold medallist: Men’s Field Hockey Team, Amsterdam, 1928


    o First Gold medallist (Independence India): Men’s Field Hockey Team,
    London, 1948
    o First Individual medallist (Independence India): K.D. Jadhav
    (wrestling), Helsinki, 1952, Bronze
    o First Individual Gold (Independence India): Abhinav Bindra
    (Shooting), Beijing, 2008
    o First Female medallist: Karnam Malleswari (weightlifting), Sydney,
    2000, Bronze

    Maximum Gold Medals for India: 1. Hockey 2. Shooting 3. Athletics

    India’s Gold Medal: Hockey: Shooting


    o Amsterdam 1928 Beijing 2008
    o Los Angeles 1932
    o Berlin 1936
    o London 1948 Athletics
    o Helsinki 1952
    Tokyo 2020
    o Melbourne 1956
    o Tokyo 1964
    o Moscow 1980.
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