Olympics

• Started on B C 776 on the banks of Althey river
• Roman ruler Theodotious cancelled
• Curbertin restarted and he was known as Father of Olympics
• Olympics Committee founded on 1894 January 24, first president Dimithriya Vikelas
• Motto: Faster Higher Stronger (Created by Father Didiyon)
• Modern Olympics started on 1896 at Ethans, Panathanak stadium
• First medal winner : Konoli
• First women medal winner : Sharlet Cooper (Tennis, 1900 Paris olympics)
• Olympic Museum situated on Lausanne,  Switzerland
• Womens first participated in 1900 Paris Olympics
• 1908 London Olympics was the longest Olympic ever conducted (187 days)
• First time Olympic mascot used in 1972 Munich Olympics
• A dog named Valdi was the ever first mascot of Olympics
• Olympics Flag : Five rings in White background

• Yellow : Asia
• Black : Africa
• Blue : Europe
• Green : Australia
• Red : America

• Japan was the first Asian country participated in Olympics
• Jessy Ovan from America got 4 World records in one Olympics
• London was the first hosting city selected via postal voting in 1948

2012 London Olympics

• 30th Olympics
• Hosted city : London
• London hosted Olympics 3 times, respectively 1908, 1948 and 2012
• London Olympics motto : Inspire A Generation
• Mascot : Mandeville and Wenlock
• Women boxing first time included in the history of Olympics
• Nicola Adams of Britain became the first Gold medal winner of  women’s boxing
• Michel Phelps from America got the status of highest medal winner in Olympics

India in Olympics

• Who represented India in Olympics first time ? Norman Prich (1900 Paris Olympics)
• In 1927 Indian Olympic Association was founded
• In 1928, Amsterdam Olympics, India sent our first official Olympic team
• India got Gold medal at Amsterdam Olympics for Hockey in 1928
• K D Yadav was the first individual Olympic medal winner from India (1952 Helsinki Olympics)
• Karnnam Malleswari was the first women individual Olympic medal winner from India (2000, Sidney Olympics)
• First Olympics finalist from India : Milka Singh (1960 Rome Olympics)
• First Women finalist from India : P T Usha ( 1984 Los Angeles)
• First Olympic gold medalist from India : Abhinav Bindra (2008, Beijing Olympics)
• First Olympics Badminton medal winner from India : Saina Nehval (2012 London Olympics)
• First Olympics women boxing  medal winner from India : Mery Com
• India’s Susheel Kumar got two Olympic medals in Individual items
• Shyni Wilson was the first women who led Indian Olympic team.

Kerala in Olympics

• C Laxman was the first Keraliate Olympian (1924 Paris Olympics)
• Thiruvalla Papan was the second Olympian from Kerala, he was one of the members in 1948 Indian Olympics football team
• First women Olympian from Kerala : P T Usha
• First women semifinalist from kerala : Shyni Wilson (1984 Los Angeles)
• The Malayalee brother and sister who participated in Olympics : K M Beenamol and K M Binu

Paralympics

• Started in Rome in 1960
• Motto : Spirit in Motion
• The first Indian who got Gold medal in Paralympics : Devendra (Javelin throw)
• The first Asian country hosted Paralympics : Japan