Sports Flashcards
First place to hold Olympic Games?
Mt. Athens, Greece
Who restarted the Olympics and where?
Pierre de Coubertin, Athens
Where is the head office of International Olympic Committee?
Lausanne, Switzerland
When was Olympics restarted?
1894
When did women join the Olympics?
1912
When did the winter Olympics begin?
1924
Where is the 2020 Summer Olympics held?
Tokyo, Japan
Motto of Olympics
Citius, Attius, Fortius
First Indian male to participate in Olympics?
Norman Pritchard (1900)
First Indian woman to participate in Olympics?
Marrie Lila Rao
First president of the Indian Olympic Committee?
Sir Dorabji Tata
Indian Olympic Committee was created in?
1927
Where was the last Winter Olympic games (2018) held?
Pyeongchang, South Korea
Which Indians won in the Olympics of 2016?
P. V. Sindhu and Sakshi Malik
Where was the first Commonwealth Games held?
Hamilton, Canada (1930)
Which two years were the Commonwealth Games not held?
1942 & 1946
How many members in the Commonwealth of Nations?
54
Where was 2018 Commonwealth Games held?
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Where was the 2014 Commonwealth Games held?
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Who regulates the Asian Games?
Olympic Council of Asia
When and where was the first Asian Games held?
1951, New Delhi
When did Incheon, South Korea host the Asian Games?
2014
Who gave the motto for the Asian Games?
Nehru - Ever Onward
Where was the Asian Games 2018 held?
Jakarta-Palembang, Indonesia
