Since its inception in 2010, the Youth Olympic Games has emerged as the most sought-after multisport age-group events globally.
India have also been part of all three Summer Youth Olympics to date – Singapore 2010, Nanjing 2014 and Buenos Aires 2018. Dakar 2026 will be the next edition of the Games.
Overall, Indian athletes have won 23 medals – three gold, 16 silvers and four bronze – at the Youth Olympics across the three editions.
Wrestler Pooja Dhanda became the first Indian to win a medal at the Youth Olympics, after bagging silver in the girls’ freestyle 60kg division at Singapore 2010. She lost to Mongolia’s Baatarzorigiin Battsetseg in the final.
Another wrestler, Satyawart Kadian is the first Indian man to medal at the Youth Olympics.
Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga is the first Indian athlete to win a Youth Olympics gold medal, securing the title in the boys’ 62kg at Buenos Aires 2018.
A day later, shooter Manu Bhaker, who won two Olympic medals at Paris 2024, became the first woman from the country to achieve the feat.
Tennis player Yuki Bhambri, shooter Saurabh Chaudhary, boxers Shiva Thapa and Vikas Krishan, badminton star Lakshya Sen and triple jumper Praveen Chithravel are some other notable names who feature in the list of Indian medal winners at the Youth Olympics.
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