Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in which sporting discipline?

Correct — C. Karnam Malleswari won bronze in the women's 69 kg weightlifting event at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

She lifted 110 kg in the snatch and 130 kg in the clean and jerk, a 240 kg total. The medal, India's one medal of those Games, made her the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal → option (c).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  Boxing — Boxing is wrong: India won no boxing medal at Sydney 2000. Malleswari's bronze came on the weightlifting platform, in the women's 69 kg class.
• (b)
  Athletics — Athletics is P. T. Usha's sport, and Usha missed a 1984 bronze by one-hundredth of a second. Malleswari's medal came in weightlifting.
• (d)
  Long Jump — Long jump is an athletics event, so it fails for the same reason as (b). Malleswari was a weightlifter, and her Sydney bronze came in the 69 kg class.

The first Olympic medal by an Indian woman came at Sydney 2000, when Karnam Malleswari took bronze in the women's 69 kg weightlifting event. It was India's one medal of those Games.

In weightlifting a lifter's total is the best snatch plus the best clean and jerk. Malleswari's 110 kg and 130 kg gave her 240 kg.

Key facts

• Karnam Malleswari won bronze in women's 69 kg weightlifting at Sydney 2000.
• It was the first Olympic medal won by an Indian woman.
• It was India's one medal at the Sydney Games.
• Her total was 240 kg: 110 kg snatch and 130 kg clean and jerk.

Common traps

• Picking athletics because P. T. Usha is the famous near-miss. Usha finished fourth at Los Angeles 1984 and won no medal there.

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