Sports Quiz – July 2021

Bhavani Devi was the first Indian to qualify for the Olympics. Not only that she managed to win her first match as well.

Roger Bannister was the first man to run a mile under 4 minutes.

Lovlina Borgohain bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women’s welterweight event, becoming only the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the Olympics.

Phelps has won 28 medals in his illustrated career.

San Marino had never won an Olympic medal before these Games. Now they have three: two in shooting and one in wrestling. With a population of just 34,000, they won a medal for every 11,333 people in the country. For the sake of comparison, Team GB won a medal for every 1,049,338 people in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

One could find Albion round in Archery.

Dani Alves now has 43 trophies in professional football.

Here is the list of players with the most trophies in football.

Sandip Patil was the first player to hit six fours in an over.

Read about it in detail in this article.

The cartoony Miraitowa is the official mascot of the Tokyo Olympics, and it comes with surprising powers the athletes can only envy.

Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav was the first Indian to win an individual medal in Olympics after the Independence. He won bronze in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki

There were 11 host cities in all, but both semi-finals and the final took place in London

Rayssa Leal was just 13 years and 203 days old on medal day. She was the youngest in 85 years.

Both Cristiano Ronald & Patrik Schick had scored 5 goals each. However, as Cristiano had played only 4 matches (one less than Patrik Schick), he was given the top scorer award.

The goal-keeper is Emiliano Martínez. He currently plays for Aston Vila in Premier League.

Breakdancing will be making its debut in Paris in 2024.