Who became the first Indian rower to win a gold medal at the Asian Games, in 2010?

Bajrang Lal Takhar won the gold medal in the men's single sculls event at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. He became the first Indian rower to win an Asian Games gold medal.

More about Bajrang Lal Takhar:

• He is from Rajasthan and served in the Indian Army.
• He had earlier won a silver medal in the single sculls at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.
• He represented India at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
• He received the Arjuna Award (2008) and the Padma Shri (2013).

India and rowing:

The Rowing Federation of India governs the sport.

Rowing at the Asian Games:

• 2010 Guangzhou: Bajrang Lal Takhar won gold in single sculls.
• 2018 Jakarta-Palembang: the Indian men's quadruple sculls team (Swaran Singh, Dattu Bhokanal, Om Prakash and Sukhmeet Singh) won gold.
• 2022 Hangzhou (held in 2023): Indian rowers won several silver and bronze medals, including silver in the men's eight and the lightweight double sculls (Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh).
• At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh finished 11th in the lightweight double sculls, India's best Olympic rowing result at that time.
• At the Paris 2024 Olympics, Balraj Panwar represented India in the single sculls.

About rowing:

• In sculling, each rower uses two oars (one in each hand); in sweep rowing, each rower uses one oar.
• Single sculls is rowed by one person with two oars.
• An "eight" is a boat with eight rowers and a coxswain who steers.
• Olympic rowing races are held over 2,000 m.
• The oldest rowing event is the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race in England, first held in 1829.
• The international governing body is World Rowing (formerly FISA), founded in 1892.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Dattu Bhokanal won gold in the quadruple sculls at the 2018 Asian Games.
• ✗Swaran Singh also won gold in the quadruple sculls in 2018.
• ✗Arjun Lal Jat competed at the Tokyo Olympics and won an Asian Games silver in 2023.