From 2008 to 2020 Tokyo Games, no other sport from the country has contributed to India’s Olympic medal haul more than wrestling.
A young Paes defied the odds to win bronze in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, becoming India’s first individual Olympic medal winner in 44 years.
With a historic silver medal at 2012 London Games, Sushil Kumar becomes the only Indian to win two individual Olympic medals.
KD Jadhav was the first individual athlete who secured a medal in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.