Deepika Kumari

Deepika Kumari is an Indian athlete who competes in the event of Archery, is currently ranked World No. 5, and is a former world number one. She won a gold medal in the 2010 Commonwealth games in the women's individual recurve event.

Born: June 13, 1994 (age 21), Ranchi
Height: 1.61 m
Weight: 56 kg
Residence: Ranchi
Awards: Padma Shri 2016 Sports Archery Jharkhand, Arjuna Award for Archery

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Stan Wawrinka

Stanislas aka "Stan" Wawrinka Winner of the French Open 2015.

Stan already has One Grand Slam Australian Open 2014 under his belt.

He is Swiss Professional Tennis Player.

He also won a gold medal for Switzerland in the men's doubles event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, partnering Roger Federer.

He was also part of the Swiss team that won the Davis Cup in 2014

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Gurpreet Singh Qualifies for 2016 RIO Olympics

28-year-old Subedar Gurpreet Singh qualifyed for 2016 Rio Olympics on Sunday. He is the fifth shooter from the country to have secured the Rio Olympics quota berth. 

He secured a place in the 2016 Olympics by scoring 154.6 points in the finals of 10-meter air pistol event in International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup presently underway at Munich, Germany.

He won two gold medals in shooting events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in India. He paired up with Vijay Kumarto win a gold in the Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (Pairs) on 7 October 2010. On the same day, he and Omkar Singh won another gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Pistol (Pairs). He also won an individual bronze in Men's 25m rapid fire pistol (Singles) at the event. He hails from and is currently serving the Indian army.

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Olympic Sports Played by INDIA

1. Field Hockey

2. Cricket

3. Football

4. Basketball

5. Tennis

6. Table Tennis

7. Badminton

8. Golf

9. Boxing

10. Wrestling

11. Weightlifting and Powerlifiting

12. Archery

13. Volleyball

14. Handball

15. Taekwondo

16. Rugby

17. Cycling

18. Equestrian Sports

19. Kayaking

20. Athletics and Triathlon

21. Gymnastics

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Winter Olympic Sports

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Summer Olympic Sports

1. Archery

2. Athletics

 

3. Badminton 

4. Basketball

5. Beach Volleyball

 

6. Boxing
 

7. Canoe Slalom
 

8. Canoe Sprint

 

9. Cycling BMX
 

10. Cycling Mountain Bike

 

11. Cycling Road


12. Cycling Track


13. Diving


14. Equestrian / Dressage


15. Equestrian / Eventing


16. Equestrian / Jumping


17. Fencing


18. Football


19. Golf


20. Gymnastics Artistic


21. Gymnastics Rhythmic


22. Handball


23. Hockey



24. Judo


25. Modern Pentathlon


26. Rowing


27. Rugby


28. Sailing


29. Shooting


30. Swimming


31. Synchronized Swimming


32. Table Tennis


33. Taekwondo


34. Tennis


35. Trampoline


36. Triathlon


37. Volleyball


38. Water Polo


39. Weightlifting


40. Wrestling Freestyle


41. Wrestling Greco-Roman

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