Indian Olympic Heros


India Won 3 medals in Beijing 2008 olympic. Winners are Abhinav Bindra (Gold), Shushil Kumar (Bronze), Vijendra Singh (Bronze).
The three great north Indians make a history aging in India.

Abhinav Bindra (Gold medalist): Men’s 10m Air Rifle.

Shushil Kumar (Bronze medalist): Men’s 66kg freestyle wrestling.

Vijendra Singh (Bronze Medalist): Men’s 75kg category Boxer.

Abhinav Bindra gave India its first individual Olympic gold medal, and ninth overall, when he won the 10 metres air rifle event at the Beijing Olympics on Monday morning.

Before his feat India had won eight gold medals in hockey, six of them at successive Games, three silver medals (two in athletics and one in hockey) and five bronze medals from the Olympics. On Monday, Bindra was fourth after qualifying but had a brilliant final round and even hit a near perfect 10.8 on his last visit to pull in front of Henri Hakkinen of Finland, who dropped to bronze with a poor final shot of 9.7.

A look at India’s medal winners at the Olympics:

Medal Name Olympics Sport Event
Silver Norman Pritchard 1900 Paris Athletics Men’s 200 metres
Silver Norman Pritchard 1900 Paris Athletics Men’s 200 metres hurdles
Gold National team 1928 Amsterdam Field hockey Men’s competition
Gold National team 1932 Los Angeles Field hockey Men’s competition
Gold National team 1936 Berlin Field hockey Men’s competition
Gold National team 1948 London Field hockey Men’s competition
Gold National team 1952 Helsinki Field hockey Men’s competition
Bronze Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men’s freestyle bantamweight
Gold National team 1956 Melbourne Field hockey Men’s competition
Silver National team 1960 Rome Field hockey Men’s competition
Gold National team 1964 Tokyo Field hockey Men’s competition
Bronze National team 1968 Mexico Field hockey Men’s competition
Bronze National team 1972 Munich Field hockey Men’s competition
Gold National team 1980 Moscow Field hockey Men’s competition
Bronze Leander Paes 1996 Atlanta Tennis Men’s singles
Bronze Karnam Malleswari 2000 Sydney Weightlifting Women’s 69 kg
Silver Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 2004 Athens Shooting Men’s double trap
Gold Abhinav Bindra 2008 Beijing Shooting Men’s 10m Air Rifle
Bronze Sushil Kumar 2008 Beijing wrestling Men’s 66kg freestyle
Bronze Vijendra Singh 2008 Beijing Boxing Men’s 75kg category


Low-cost airlines SpiceJet on Friday announced boxer Vijender Kumar can fly for life in their domestic flights in recognition of his historic feat of winning a bronze in Beijing Olympics.

Vijender became the first ever Indian to win an Olympic medal, a bronze in 75kg category in Beijing Olympics.
The airlines has earlier honoured Abhinav Bindra and Sushil Kumar with the same offers after their gold (in shooting) and bronze (in wrestling) winning feats respectively.

Vijender can now travel free on SpiceJet’s domestic network all his life, SpiceJet Chief Commercial Officer Samyukth Sridharan said in a release.

“We are delighted to welcome Vijender into our family of SpiceJetters by offering him unlimited free personal travel for life along with Abhinav Bindra and Sushil Kumar. Sportsmen like Vijender Kumar, Sushil Kumar and Abhinav Bindra have made us proud and will help more people to focus on their dream,” Sridharan said.

2 Responses to “Indian Olympic Heros”

  1. TepStop Says:

    September 8, 2008 at 2:18 pm

    These are real hero’s of India.

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