SSC iQ: Olympic Games

Olympic Games

· The ancient Olympic Games were originally a festival or celebration in honor of Zeus, The First Olympics is traditionally dated to 776 BC, which were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD.

· Modern Olympics - Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement.

· 1st Olympic Session were held at Paris in 1894 first President was Demetrius Vikelas, Athens selected as the first host for the 1896 Summer Olympics. Paris selected as the second host for the 1900 Summer Olympics.

· The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, James B. Connolly of Massachusetts was the first modern Olympic champion.

· The first winter Olympic games were held at Chamonix, France in 1924. India has also competed at several Winter Olympic Games beginning in 1964 but till now no any medals from Winter Olympic.

· Motto :- The Olympic motto is the Citius, Altius, Fortius, which is Latin for "faster, higher, stronge , The motto was introduced in 1924 at the Summer Olympic Games in Paris.

· Youth Olympic :- Youth Olympic Games is also organised by IOC , Age group 14-18 years.

· The first summer Youth version was held in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010 while the first winter Youth version was held in Innsbruck, Austria from 13 to 22 January 2012.

· RING :- The official Olympic Games debut of the Olympic rings in 1920. Designed by Pierre de Coubertin.

Blue, à Europe

Yellow, à Asia

Black, à Africa

Green à Oceania

Red à America

· Muscot :- Muscot :- The first Olympic mascot was "Schuss" but it was nonofficial, and the first official muscot was “Waldi” introduced in 1972 .

· Celebration :- olympic day is celebrated on 23 June.

· India and Olympic Games

· India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with alone athlete (Norman Pritchard) winning two medals- both silver- in athletics.

· Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav a wrestler who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki , first athlete from independent India to win an individual medal in the Olympics.

· Indian athletes have won 28 medals, all at the Summer Games,

GOLD (9) –> Hockey (8) + Shooting (1) { Abhinav Bindra , 2008 Beijing Olympic}

	Medal Type	Name	Year	Sports	Place
1.	Bronze	K D Jadhav	1952	Wrestling	Helsinki
2.	Bronze	Leander Paes	1996	Tennis	Atlanta
3.	Bronze	Karnam Malleswari	2000	Weightlifting	Sydney
4.	Silver	Raj. Singh Rathore	2004	Shooting	Athens
5.	Gold	Abhinav Bindra	2008	Shooting	Beijing
6.	Bronze	Vijendra Singh	2008	Boxing	Beijing
7.	Bronze	Sushil Kumar	2008	Wrestling	Beijing
8.	Silver	Vijay Kumar	2012	Shooting	London
9.	Silver	Sushil Kumar	2012	Wrestling	London
10.	Bronze	Saina Nehwal	2012	Badminton	London
11.	Bronze	Marry Kom	2012	Boxing	London
12.	Bronze	Gagan Narang	2012	Shooting	London
13.	Bronze	Yogeshwar Dutta	2012	Wrestling	London
14.	Silver	P V Sindhu	2016	Badminton	Rio De Jeneiro
15.	Bronze	Sakshi Malik	2016	Wrestling	Rio De Jeneiro

K D Jadhav Wrestler 1952	Leander Paes Tennis 1996
Karnam Malleswari Weightlifting 2000	Raj. Singh Rathore Shooting 2004

Abhinav Bindra Shooting 2008	Vijay Kumar Shooting 2012
Vijendra Singh Boxing 2012	Sushil Kumar Wrestling 2012
Sushil Kumar Wrestling 2012	Saina Nehwal Badminton 2012
Marry Kom Boxing 2012	P V Sindhu Badminton 2016
Gagan Narang Shooting 2012	Sakshi Malik Wrestling 2016
Yogeshwar Dutta Wrestling 2012