The First In Sports

Sports

Field Person The first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel Miss. Arati Shah The first Indian to win world Billiards Trophy Wilson Jones The first to cross the Damelles by swimming Mihir Sen The first to conquer Everest Sherpa Tenzing (1953) The first to sail round the world Megellan The first person to win Wimbledon title five times Bjorn Borg The first woman who conquered Everest Jungo Table (Japan) The first person to reach North Pole Robert Peary First woman Olympic Medallist (Weight Lifting) Karnam Malleswari (2000) The first person to reach South Pole Amundsen The first Indian to win All England Badminton Championship Prakash Padukone The first Indian woman to conquer Everest Bichendri Pal The first an to climb Everest twice Nawang Gombu The first person to complete solo walk to magnetic North pole David Hempleman Adam (UK) The first woman to reach North pole Ann Bancroft The first woman to sail non stop around the world alone Kaycottee The first deaf & dumb to cross the strait of Gibraltar Taranath Shenoy (India) The first woman to climb Mt. Everest twice Santosh Yadav (India) The first black player to win the Wimbledon men's singles title Arthur Ashe (US) The first person to win the Palk Strait ocean swimming contest Baidyanath

Posted in: