Sushil Kumar made the most of the repechage rounds to win his first Olympic medal and India’s maiden wrestling medal after 56 years.
Karnam Malleswari is the first and only Indian woman weightlifter to win an Olympic medal, having achieved the unique distinction in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
The Indian men's hockey team clinched their eighth - and final - gold medal in the sport at the Moscow Olympics in 1980.
"Have been unlucky but who isn't in this world at some point?" Devendro Singh asked a few years back. One has to have lost a lot of battles.
Krishan was hailed as one of the boxing prodigies of the time when he was young, and his record and performances backed that claim.
The wrestler from Rohtak made the most of her second chance through the repechage round to become the country’s first female Olympic medallist in wrestling.
The 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles saw India score 35 goals in two games, including defeating the USA 24-1.
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna made their presence felt against the Great Britain pair of Heather Watson and Andy Murray.
The Mexico 1968 Olympics marked the first major step in the shift in power with regard to the fortunes of the Indian hockey team.
Mahesh Bhupati and Leander Paes have never surprisingly won an Olympic medal together. But they came mighty close in 2004 at Athens.