Athletics

Sports

P. T. Usha

Sprinter and hurdler; president of the Indian Olympic Association

Born 1964

Sports

Milkha Singh

Sprinter; India’s first Commonwealth Games gold medallist in athletics

1929 – 2021

Sports

Hima Das

Sprinter; first Indian to win a track gold at a world-level championship

Born 2000

Sports

Anju Bobby George

Long jumper; first Indian medallist at the World Athletics Championships

Born 1977

Sports

Neeraj Chopra

Javelin thrower; Olympic and world champion

Born 1997