Paris Olympics 2024: The Olympics started in the year 1896 and at that time only 14 countries participated in these games. An even more surprising thing is that at the beginning of the Olympic Games, women did not participate in it. Here we will talk about when did women athletes participate in the Olympics for the first time?
In fact, women athletes were first seen participating in the Olympics in 1900, which was hosted by Paris. A total of 997 athletes from 26 countries participated in the 1900 Olympics, including 22 female athletes, and they participated in a total of five sports. The names of these five sports were tennis, sailing, equestrian, croquet and golf.
The first woman to win a medal in the Olympics
Talking about the first female athlete to win a medal in the Olympic Games, she was Helen de Pourtalès of Switzerland, who won the gold medal in the team event of sailing. Charlotte Cooper of Britain was the first female athlete to win a medal in a singles event. She won the gold medal in the tennis event. If we look at the percentage, the percentage of women among the athletes participating in the 1900 Paris Olympics was just 2.2.
India’s first Olympic athlete
India’s first female Olympian was Nilima Ghosh, who participated in the 100 meter sprint and 80 meter hurdles at the 1935 Olympics at the age of just 17. She was eliminated from the competition in the first round itself. Karnam Malleswari was the first female athlete to win a medal in the Olympics, who created history by winning a bronze medal in the weightlifting event at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Let us tell you that 45 percent of the athletes participating in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games were women.
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