By winning a bronze in the men’s freestyle 57 kg event at the Paris Olympics, wrestler Aman Sehrawat became India’s youngest medal winner at the Games
With 17 wickets, Arshdeep Singh became the joint-highest wicket-taker in India’s victorious T20 World Cup campaign.
Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi started 2024 with a win at Menorca Open A. In December, he became the second Indian to reach an ELO rating of 2800.
Avani Lekhara is the only Indian woman who won two golds in the Paralympics. At the 2024 Paris Games, the para-shooter defended her 10m air rifle medal
Competing in the men’s club throw F51 event, Dharambir Nain bagged the gold by hurling the club to a distance of 34.92 m at the 2024 Paralympics
At 18, D Gukesh became the youngest-ever chess world champion and only the second Indian to win the title after Viswanathan Anand.
Divya Deshmukh was a saviour in crunch time at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest. She played every 11 rounds, remaining unbeaten to win historic team gold
Harmanpreet Singh emerged as the highest goal-scorer of the Paris Olympics. The hockey skipper scored 10 goals and pocketed the second Olympic medal.
Harvinder Singh won gold in the men’s individual recurve open event at the Paralympics 2024. His win brought the country its first-ever archery gold.
Jasprit Bumrah was the Player of the Series in India’s T20 World Cup victory and is among the top 5 wicket-takers in the current Test Championship race
Manika Batra became the first Indian to reach the round of 16 in Olympic singles at Paris and reached the quarters of the WTT Champions in Montpellier
Manu Bhaker became the first Indian to win multiple medals in a single Olympics edition—10m women’s air pistol and 10m mixed air pistol categories.
Navdeep Singh, who threw a 47.5-metre javelin at his personal best in September, won the Indian contingent a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Nitesh Kumar made history at the Paralympics by winning gold in the men’s singles SL3 category. The IIT graduate from Haryana is ranked world no. 1.
Neeraj Chopra became India’s highest-placed medallist in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, winning a silver in javelin with a throw of 89.45m.
Three-time Olympian and 2x medallist Sreejesh was the indefatigable ‘wall’ for Indian hockey and crucial to India’s medal-winning feats at Olympics
At the 2024 Paralympics, Praveen Kumar upgraded his silver medal to gold with a winning jump of 2.08 metres. He also set the new Asian record
Rohit Sharma led India to T20 World Cup win—the second title after MS Dhoni’s team won in 2007. He was also India’s highest run scorer
Sarabjot Singh teamed up with Manu Bhaker and earned India a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event
Sheetal Devi won bronze in the mixed compound archery team event at the Paralympics, making her India’s youngest Paralympic medallist.
Smriti Mandhana became the first woman to score four ODI centuries in a year. She led Royal Challengers Bengaluru to their maiden WPL title.
Sumit Antil won a gold medal in the javelin men’s F64 category in the 2024 Paralympics, becoming first Indian male para-athlete to defend his title.
Swapnil Kusale became the first Indian shooter to bag a medal in the 50-metre Rifle 3 Position (3P) men’s event at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Vantika Agrawal was instrumental in the Indian women’s chess team winning its first-ever Olympiad gold in Budapest. She also won the individual gold.
Yashasvi Jaiswal is the youngest Indian to score 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year. He ranks in top 5 in Tests and top 10 in T20Is in ICC’s rankings.