Sports GK MCQs

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Vijender Singh is the first Indian who won the first-ever Olympic medal in boxing. Vijender Singh is an Indian professional boxer. As an amateur, he won bronze medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2009 World Championships and the 2010 Commonwealth Games, as well as silver medals at the 2006 and 2014 Commonwealth Games, all in the middleweight division.

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Mary Kom is the only Indian female boxer to have qualified for the Olympics, competing in the flyweight (51 kg) category. Mary Kom is an Indian amateur boxer. She is the only female to become World Amateur Boxing champion for a record six times, the only female boxer to have won a medal in each one of the first seven World Championships, and the only boxer (male or female) to win eight World Championship medals. Nicknamed Magnificent Mary, she is the only Indian female boxer to have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing in the flyweight (51 kg) category and winning a bronze medal. She became the first Indian female boxer to win a gold medal in the Asian Games in 2014 at Incheon, South Korea and is the first Indian female boxer to win gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She is also the only boxer to become Asian Amateur Boxing Champion for a record six times.

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Since the 1920 Summer Olympics, Weightlifting has been introduced in the official events program.

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China won the most number of gold medals in the World Weightlifting Championships.

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Sukhen Dey is an Indian Weightlifter. He won Gold medal in the men’s 56 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, Scottland & previously won silver medal in 2010 Commonwealth Games at Delhi.

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As of 2020, Kang Chae-Young from South Korea ranks first in recurve women’s individual archery. She gained prominence after winning multiple international competitions, including the 2019 World Archery Championships. South Korea has a strong archery tradition, producing numerous Olympic and world champions, contributing to its dominance in the sport.

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Switzerland houses the headquarters of the International Volleyball Federation. International Volleyball Federation is the international governing body for all forms of volleyball. Its headquarters are located in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Zhu Ting is the “Most Valuable Player (MVP)” in the women’s volleyball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The women’s tournament in volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics was the 14th edition of the event at an Olympic Games, organised by the world’s governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 6 to 20 August 2016.

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Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team.

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The Eliteserien is the premier professional men’s handball league in Norway. It was established in 1966, and it is currently contested by twelve teams.