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Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Olympic gold medal in the men's 10 m air rifle event at the:

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Answer: Option B — 2008 Beijing Olympics

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On 11 August 2008, Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the men's 10 m air rifle event at the Beijing Olympics, China. It was India's first-ever individual Olympic gold medal. His total score was 700.5 points.

Significance:

  • Before this, India's Olympic gold medals had all come in men's hockey (eight golds, the last in 1980).
  • It was India's first Olympic gold of any kind in 28 years.
  • The second individual Olympic gold for India came only in 2021, when Neeraj Chopra won the javelin throw at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

More about Abhinav Bindra:

  • He was born on 28 September 1982 in Dehradun and grew up in Punjab.
  • He became the youngest Indian at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, at the age of 17.
  • He won the 10 m air rifle World Championship in 2006, becoming India's first shooting world champion.
  • He won seven Commonwealth Games medals, including several golds.
  • He finished fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics, narrowly missing a medal.
  • He received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (2001) and the Padma Bhushan (2009).
  • His autobiography is titled "A Shot at History" (2011).

He became a member of the IOC Athletes' Commission and chaired the ISSF Athletes' Committee. In 2018, he received the Olympic Order, the highest award of the Olympic movement.

India's Olympic shooting medals:

  • 2004 Athens: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, silver (double trap), India's first individual Olympic silver.
  • 2008 Beijing: Abhinav Bindra, gold (10 m air rifle).
  • 2012 London: Vijay Kumar, silver (25 m rapid fire pistol); Gagan Narang, bronze (10 m air rifle).
  • 2024 Paris: Manu Bhaker, two bronzes; Sarabjot Singh, bronze (mixed team with Manu Bhaker); Swapnil Kusale, bronze (50 m rifle three positions).

Why not the other options?

  • ✗2004 Athens Olympics: India's shooting medal was Rathore's silver in double trap.
  • ✗2012 London Olympics: India won a silver and a bronze in shooting, but no gold.
  • ✗2000 Sydney Olympics: Bindra took part at 17 but did not win a medal.

Quick tip

Remember: Abhinav Bindra = India's first individual Olympic gold (10 m air rifle, Beijing 2008, 700.5 points); second individual gold = Neeraj Chopra (2020); Bindra's book = "A Shot at History".

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