Sports

Famous people in Sports

Short, sourced profiles — sector, state, honours, facts and quotes. Money figures always name their source and year; estimates are marked.

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Badminton K. Srikanth Indian badminton player b. 1993 · Andhra Pradesh Tennis Kiran Bedi First female Indian Police Service Officer (born 1949) b. 1949 · Punjab Cricket KL Rahul Indian cricket player b. 1992 · Karnataka Other sports Kunjarani Devi Indian weightlifter b. 1968 · Manipur Tennis Leander Paes Indian tennis player b. 1973 · West Bengal Chess Leon Luke Mendonca Indian chess player b. 2006 · Goa Boxing Lovlina Borgohain Indian boxer b. 1997 · Assam Badminton Madhumita Bisht Indian badminton player b. 1964 · West Bengal Chess Magesh Chandran Panchanathan Indian chess player b. 1983 · Tamil Nadu Other sports Manika Batra Indian table tennis player b. 1995 · Delhi Hockey Manpreet Singh Indian field hockey player b. 1992 · Punjab Shooting Manu Bhaker Indian sport shooter b. 2002 · Haryana Boxing Mary Kom Indian amateur boxer b. 1982 · Manipur Other sports Mirabai Chanu Indian weightlifter (born 1994) b. 1994 · Manipur Cricket Mohammed Shami Indian cricketer b. 1990 · Uttar Pradesh Cricket MS Dhoni Indian cricket player (born 1981) b. 1981 · Jharkhand Chess Neelotpal Das Indian chess player b. 1982 · West Bengal Athletics Neeraj Chopra Indian male javelin thrower b. 1997 · Haryana Chess Nihal Sarin Indian chess player b. 2004 · Kerala Athletics P. T. Usha Indian track and field athlete b. 1964 · Kerala Chess Pa Iniyan Indian chess player b. 2002 · Tamil Nadu Chess Parimarjan Negi Indian chess grandmaster b. 1993 Chess Pendyala Harikrishna Indian chess player b. 1986 · Andhra Pradesh Chess Praggnanandhaa Indian chess player b. 2005 · Tamil Nadu

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