Sania Mirza became the first female tennis player from India to achieve the world number one rank in doubles, following her stupendous title win at the WTA Family Circle Cup with partner Martina Hingis on 12 April 2015
Saina Nehwal became the first Indian woman shuttler to attain the world number one ranking after she won the India Open Super Series in March, this year. Saina has also won the bronze at the 2012 Olympics and the CWG Gold in 2010
M.C. Mary Kom made history by winning the bronze medal in the women's flyweight event at the London Olympics in 2014. Mary become the countryu00e2u0080u0099s first woman boxer to win a medal at the Olympics. In 2014 she clinched her first ever Asiad gold medal when she won the women's flyweight (48-51kg) boxing competition at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon
Indian squash player Dipika Pallikal is the first Indian woman to break into the top 10 in the WSA ranking. In the Commonwealth Games held in 2014, Dipika, along with Joshna Chinappa created history by winning India's first-ever squash medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal u00e2u0080u0094 bronze at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in weightlifting in the 69kg category. It was Indiau00e2u0080u0099s only medal at that Games
In 2010, Poonia became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and also the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the track and field events at the Commonwealth Games
Dola Banerjee became the first Indian woman archer to represent in the Olympics when she qualified for the Athens Olympic Games 2004. In 2007 Dola won the gold medal in the women's individual recurve competition at the archery world cup held at Dubai to become the first Indian woman archer to achieve the feat
After narrowly missing the bronze medal in 400 metres hurdles in 1984 Olympics, PT Usha won 4 gold medals and 1 silver medal in the 1986 Seoul Asian Games and earned the title of Asia's sprint queen. She also bagged 5 gold medals and 1 bronze at the Jakarta Asian Athletic meet in 1985
Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi became the first woman Grandmaster of the country in 2000. Vijayalakshmi had won many medals for India in the Chess Olympiads
