{"id":602,"date":"2010-05-24T11:15:32","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T19:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=602"},"modified":"2010-05-24T11:15:32","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T19:15:32","slug":"famous-sports-personalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=602","title":{"rendered":"Famous Sports Personalities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"width: 98%;\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\" width=\"98%\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<th>Field<\/th>\n<th>Person<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel<\/td>\n<td>Miss.  Arati Shah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first Indian to win world Billiards Trophy<\/td>\n<td>Wilson  Jones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first to cross the Damelles by swimming<\/td>\n<td>Mihir  Sen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first to conquer Everest<\/td>\n<td>Sherpa Tenzing  (1953)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first to sail round the world<\/td>\n<td>Megellan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first person to win Wimbledon title five times<\/td>\n<td>Bjorn  Borg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first woman who conquered Everest<\/td>\n<td>Jungo  Table (Japan)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first person to reach North Pole<\/td>\n<td>Robert  Peary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>First woman Olympic Medallist (Weight Lifting)<\/td>\n<td>Karnam  Malleswari (2000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first person to reach South Pole<\/td>\n<td>Amundsen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first Indian to win All England Badminton  Championship<\/td>\n<td>Prakash Padukone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6653876797536949\";google_ad_width =468;google_ad_height = 15;google_ad_format = \"468x15_0ads_al\";google_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";google_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";google_color_link = \"FF0000\";google_color_url = \"008000\";google_color_text = \"000000\";\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_protectAndRun(\"ads_core.google_render_ad\", google_handleError, google_render_ad);\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><ins style=\"display: inline-table; border: medium none; height: 15px; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 468px;\"><ins style=\"display: block; border: medium none; height: 15px; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 468px;\"><\/ins><\/ins><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first Indian woman to conquer Everest<\/td>\n<td>Bichendri  Pal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first an to climb Everest twice<\/td>\n<td>Nawang  Gombu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first person to complete solo walk to magnetic  North pole<\/td>\n<td>David Hempleman Adam (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first woman to reach North pole<\/td>\n<td>Ann  Bancroft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first woman to sail non stop around the world  alone<\/td>\n<td>Kaycottee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first deaf &amp; dumb to cross the strait of  Gibraltar<\/td>\n<td>Taranath Shenoy (India)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first woman to climb Mt. Everest twice<\/td>\n<td>Santosh  Yadav (India)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first black player to win the Wimbledon men&#8217;s  singles title<\/td>\n<td>Arthur Ashe (US)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>The first person to win the Palk Strait ocean  swimming contest<\/td>\n<td>Baidyanath<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Field Person The first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel Miss. 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