Who has won the most Olympic medals for India? List of Indian athletes with most individual Olympic medals

08-03-2024
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Team India at the Paris Olympics 2024 has so far won three medals - all bronze, out of which two have been courtesy of 22-year old shooter Manu Bhaker, making her the first athlete in independent India to win 2 medals in the same edition.

While Bhaker finished third in both the Women's and Mixed 10m air pistol events, she marginally missed out of a podium finish in the Women's 25m Air pistol event, missing out on her third medal at the Olympics.

In this article, The Sporting News looks at the list of Indian athletes with most individual Olympic medals from Manu Bhaker to PV Sindhu

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Complete list of Indian athletes with most individual Olympic medals 

Here is a list of all Indian athletes with the most medals at the Olympics:

Number of Medals Athlete Olympics Medals & Year Event
2 Manu Bhaker

2 Bronze (2024 Paris)

Women's 10m Air pistol shooting, Mixed 10m Air pistol shooting

2 PV Sindhu 1 Silver (2016 Rio) and 1 Bronze (2020 Tokyo) Women's badminton singles
2 Sushil Kumar 2 Bronze (2008 Beijing, 2012 London) Men's wrestling (freestyle 66kg)
2 Norman Pritchard 2 Silver (1900 Paris) Men's 200m hurdles, Men's 200m sprint
1 KD Jadhav 1 Bronze (1952 Helsinki) Men's wrestling (bantamweight)
1 Leander Paes 1 Bronze (1996 Atlanta) Men's Tennis singles
1 Karnam Malleswari 1 Bronze (2000 Sydney) Women's weightlifting (54kg)
1 Rajvardhan Singh Rathore 1 Silver (2004 Athens) Men's double trap shooting
1 Abhinav Bindra 1 Gold (2008 Beijing) Men's 10m air rifle shooting
1 Vijender Singh 1 Bronze (2008 Beijing) Men's middleweight boxing
1 Gagan Narang 1 Bronze (2012 London) Men's 10m air rifle shooting
1 Vijay Kumar 1 Silver (2012 London) Men's 25m rapid fire pistol shooting
1 Saina Nehwal 1 Bronze (2012 London) Women's Badminton singles
1 Mary Kom 1 Bronze (2012 London) Women's flyweight boxing
1 Yogeshwar Dutt 1 Bronze (2012 London) Men's wrestling (freestyle 60kg)
1 Sakshi Malik Bronze (2016 Rio) Women's wrestling (58kg)
1 Mirabai Chanu 1 Silver (2020 Tokyo) Women's weightlifting (49kg)
1 Lovlina Borgohain 1 Bronze (2020 Tokyo) Women's welterweight boxing
1 Ravi Kumar Dahiya 1 Silver (2020 Tokyo) Men's wrestling (freestyle 57kg)
1 Bajrang Punia 1 Bronze (2020 Tokyo) Men's wrestling (freestyle 65kg)
1 Neeraj Chopra 1 Gold (2020 Tokyo) Men's javelin throw
1 Sarabjot Singh 1 Bronze (2024 Paris) Mixed 10m Air pistol shooting
1 Swapnil Kusale 1 Bronze (2024 Paris) Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions