Aman Sehrawat secured a bronze medal for India, the country’s first in wrestling at the Paris Olympics. The youngster is just 21 years old and has clinched the bronze medal for India in the 57kg freestyle wrestling category. And with this win, Aman Sehrawat has surpassed PV Sindhu in becoming India’s youngest Olympic medal recipient for India.
Ace shuttler, PV Sindhu was the youngest Olympic medal recipient for India after bagging the silver at Rio 2016 at an age of 21 years 1 month and 14 days old. But now, Aman Sehrawat at an age of 21 years and 24 days take taken the top spot.
At Paris Olympics, where the rest of the contingent failed to clinch any medal in wrestling, Aman kept India’s tradition going by bagging a medal, as India has been doing since 2008. Apart from Aman and PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal occupies the third spot for clinching the bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics.
Manu Bhaker is also place fourth in the list. She bagged the bronze medal in the women’s 10 m air pistol event. Furthermore, India’s golden boy, Neeraj Chopra is 7th in the standings when he took the gold medal in Tokyo Olympics 2020 at an age of 23 years.
List of youngest Individual Olympic medalist for India
| Athlete | Age | Medal (event) | Edition |
| Aman Sehrawat | 21 years and 24 days | Bronze (Men’s freestyle 57kg wrestling) | Paris 2024 |
| PV Sindhu | 21 years 1 month 14 days | Silver (Women’s singles badminton) | Rio 2016 |
| Saina Nehwal | 22 years 4 months 18 days | Bronze (Women’s singles badminton) | London 2012 |
| Manu Bhaker | 22 years 5 months 10 days | Bronze (Women’s 10m air pistol shooting) | Paris 2024 |
| Vijender Singh | 22 years 9 months 24 days | Bronze (Men’s middleweight boxing) | Beijing 2008 |
| Leander Paes | 23 years 1 month 17 days | Bronze (Men’s singles tennis) | Atlanta 1996 |
| Neeraj Chopra | 23 years 7 months 14 days | Gold (Men’s javelin throw) | Tokyo 2020 |
| Ravi Kumar Dahiya | 23 years 7 months 24 days | Silver (Men’s 57kg wrestling) | Tokyo 2020 |
| Lovlina Borgohain | 23 years 9 months 28 days | Bronze (Women’s welterweight boxing) | Tokyo 2020 |
| Sakshi Malik | 23 years 11 months 14 days | Bronze (Women’s 58kg wrestling) | Rio 2016 |
