2. Woman to swim across the English Channel:- Arati Saha, 1959

3. Formula One race driver:- Narain Karthikeyan

4. Person to equal world record in Archery:- Limba Ram, 1992

5. Olympic Individual medal (in British India):- Silver by Norman Pritchard for 200 metres races at the 1900 Olympics, Paris.

6. Olympic Individual medal:- Bronze by K. D. Jadhav for wrestling at the 1952 Olympics Helsinki.

7. Olympic Individual medal by a woman:-  Bronze by Karnam Malleswari for weightlifting 54 kg class, at the 2000 Olympics Sydney.

8. Olympic Silver medal:- Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore for Men’s Double Trap at the 2004 Olympics Athens.

9. Olympic Individual gold medal:- Abhinav Bindra for 10 m Air Rifle at the 2008 Olympics Beijing.

10. Olympic Bronze medallist in Boxing:- Vijender Kumar in Beijing Olympics 2008.

11. Olympic Bronze medallist in Wrestling:- Sushil Kumar in Beijing Olympics 2008.

12. Chess Grandmaster (Male):- Vishwanathan Anand in 1988.

13. Chess Grandmaster (Female): - Koneru Humpy in 2002

14. Tennis Grand Slam title:- Mahesh Bhupathi in the Mixed Doubles category of the 1997 French Open.

15. Woman to win a match in a Grand Slam event:- Nirupama Vaidyanathan winning the first round of the 1998 Australian Open

16. Woman to reach the 4th round of a Grand Slam singles event:- Sania Mirza in the Singles category of the 2005 US Open.

17. Woman to win a Grand Slam title:- Sania Mirza (the Mixed Doubles category of the 2009 Australian Open with Mahesh Bhupathi)

18. First Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Tournament:- Pullela Gopi Chand in 2001

19. First Indian to win the World Billiards Championship:- Wison Jones

20. First Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event: P. T. Usha