| First Achievement | Athlete(s) | Year | Event/Sport |
| First person to win the international bronze medal in skiing | Aanchal Thakur | ||
| The first Indian woman (also Asian woman) to swim across the English Channel | Aarti Saha (1959) | ||
| First Indian to Win an Individual Olympic Gold Medal | Abhinav Bindra | 2008 | Men’s 10m Air Rifle Shooting |
| First Indian to Win an Individual World Championship Gold Medal (Athletics) | Anju Bobby George | 2003 | Long Jump |
| The first Indian women athlete to win a medal at a world event (Bronze at World Athletics Championship, 2003) | Anju Bobby George (Long jump) | ||
| 1st recipient of Dhyanchand Lifetime Achievement Award | Aparna Ghosh (Basketball) | ||
| The first Indian gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games | Ashish Kumar | ||
| First Indian to Reach the Final of the World Wrestling Championships | Bajrang Punia | 2018 | Men’s Freestyle 65kg |
| The first woman in the world to swim the seven seas | Bula Chaudhary | ||
| First Olympics Team Medal | Gold in Field Hockey (1928, Summer Olympics) | ||
| First Indian to Take 10 Wickets in a Test Match | Harbhajan Singh | 2001 | Cricket |
| The first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games | Kamaljit Sandhu (400 m race) | ||
| First Indian Caption to Win a Cricket World Cup | Kapil Dev | 1983 | ICC Cricket World Cup |
| First Indian Woman to Win an Olympic Medal | Karnam Malleswari | 2000 | Women’s 69kg Weightlifting |
| The first Indian woman to win an individual medal at the Olympic Games | Karnam Malleswari (Weightlifting) | ||
| The first Indian to win an individual medal at the Olympic Games | KD Jadhav (Wrestling) | ||
| First Indian to Win an Individual Gold Medal at the Asian Games | Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav | 1951 | Wrestling |
| First Indian to Win a Grand Slam Singles Title | Leander Paes | 1996 | Wimbledon – Mixed Doubles |
| First Indian to Win a Grand Slam Title (Wimbledon) | Mahesh Bhupathi, Leander Paes | 1999 | Men’s Doubles |
| The youngest Indian to captain its test cricket team | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | ||
| The first Indian to swim across the English Channel | Mihir Sen (1958) | ||
| First Indian to Win a Paralympic Gold Medal | Murlikant Petkar | 1972 | Swimming |
| First Indian to Win a Formula One World Championship | Narain Karthikeyan | 2005 | |
| First Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian gold medal | Navjot Kaur | ||
| First female to represent India at the Summer Olympics | Nora Polley, 1924 Summer Olympics | ||
| First Indian Olympic Medalist | Norman Pritchard | 1900 | Men’s 200m, Men’s 200m Hurdles |
| First Indian to Win an Individual Medal at the Olympics in Athletics | Norman Pritchard | 1900 | Men’s 200m, Men’s 200m Hurdles |
| First Indian Woman to Win an Olympic Silver Medal | P.V. Sindhu | 2016 | Women’s Badminton |
| First Indian to Win the All England Open Badminton Championship | Prakash Padukone | 1980 | Badminton |
| 1st Indian recipient of International Cricket Council’s Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (also the first in the world) | Rahul Dravid | ||
| First Indian woman badminton player to win an Asian Games medal | Saina Nehwal | ||
| First Indian Woman to Win an Individual Olympic Medal | Sakshi Malik | 2016 | Women’s Freestyle 58kg Wrestling |
| First Woman to Win a Medal in Wrestling | Sakshi Malik won Bronze in the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
| First Indian to Win a Grand Slam Singles Title (Women’s) | Sania Mirza | 2015 | Wimbledon – Mixed Doubles |
| First Indian woman to win a medal at Asian Games | Santhi Soundarajan | ||
| 1st Indian to win Olympic medals at two consecutive Olympic Games | Sushil Kumar (Wrestling) | ||
| First Indian to Win a Boxing World Championship Gold Medal | Vijender Singh | 2009 | Boxing |
| First Indian to Score a Double Century in Test Cricket | Vinoo Mankad | 1952 | Cricket |
| First Indian to Score a Triple Century in Test Cricket | Virender Sehwag | 2004 | Cricket |
| 1st Indian recipient of Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World | Virender Sehwag | ||
| The first Indian to become a world champion in billiards | Wilson Jones |
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