Tamil Nadu Timeline

Olympics

3 events, 1980 to 2021.

  1. 1980

    1. 29 Jul 1980MoscowSports

      V. Baskaran captains India to Olympic hockey gold in Moscow

      Led by Vasudevan Baskaran of Tamil Nadu, India beat Spain 4-3 in the final to win their eighth Olympic hockey gold.

  2. 2016

    1. Sep 2016Salem, Tamil NaduSports

      Mariyappan Thangavelu wins Paralympic high jump gold

      Mariyappan Thangavelu from Salem district won the T-42 high jump gold at the Rio Paralympics with a jump of 1.89 m.

  3. 2021

    1. Jul 2021TokyoSports

      Bhavani Devi becomes India's first Olympic fencer

      At Tokyo 2020, C. A. Bhavani Devi of Chennai became the first fencer from India to qualify for and take part in the Olympics.