{"id":27242,"date":"2024-08-29T05:55:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T05:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entri.app\/question-answer\/who-was-the-first-indian-to-qualify-for-olympics\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T05:55:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T05:55:46","slug":"who-was-the-first-indian-to-qualify-for-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entri.app\/question-answer\/who-was-the-first-indian-to-qualify-for-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was the first Indian to qualify for olympics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Milkha Singh (born between 1929 and 1935),[a] also known as The Flying Sikh, is an Indian former track and field sprinter who was introduced to the sport while serving in the Indian Army. He was the only Indian athlete to win an individual athletics gold medal at a Commonwealth Games until Krishna Poonia won the discus gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He also won gold medals in the 1958 and 1962 Asian Games. 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