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The first Indian (among women) to swim across the English ChannelMiss Arati Saha (Now Mrs. Arati Gupta)
The first Indian (among men) to swim across the English ChannelMihir Sen
The first person to ski down Mount EverestYuichiro Miura of Japan
The first Indian to win World Billiards TrophyWilson Jones
The first black player to win the Wimbledon men’s singles titleArthur Ashe (U.S. 1975)
First Indian woman to climb Mount EverestBachendri Pal
First Indian Grand Master (in Chess)Viswanathan Anand
The first man to win 4 Olympic Gold MedalsAlvin Kranzein (U.S.A.) in 1900
The first lawn tennis player who won the Wimbledon Championship for five years consecutivelyBjorn Borg
First batsman to score three Test century in three successive Tests on debutMohammad Azharuddin
The first batsman in the world to score centuries against all the other 8 test playing nationsSteve Waugh (Australia)
The first Indian to be Chess World ChampionViswanathan Anand
The youngest Cricketer to score a centuryMohammad Asharful of Bangladesh
The first Indian women to register a win in Wimbledon Lawn TennisSania Mirza (July 2003)
The first Indian sports woman to win a medal in World AthleticsAnju B George (August 2003, Paris)
World’s first batsman to score 400 runs in an innings in a test matchBrian Lara (April 2004)
India’s first batsman to score double century in five test matchesRahul Dravid (April 2004)
The first woman cricketer to score the highest yet ever runsKiran (Pakistan, March)
First Indian woman to qualify for the 2006 Winter OlympicsNeha Ahuja
The fastest man on the earthUsain Bolt (August 16, 2008, 100 meters clocking 9-69 seconds, an all time world record)
The first person from Africa to be appointed as the new President of the ICC (International Cricket Council)Percy Sonn appointed on July 7, 2006
The first Indian woman player to win a four star badminton tournamentSaina Nehwal, May 2006
The first Indian sports woman to win Gold Medal in World Cup ArcheryDola Benerjee (Won the honor in World Cup Archery final in Dubai (UAE) on November 24, 2007)
The highest test cricket wicket taker in the cricket worldMuttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, acquired on December 3, 2007
The first sportsman to clinch 8 Gold Medals in individual events at an OlympicMichael Phelps at the 29thOlympiad in Beijing in August 2008.