Important Details you should know about 2016 Summer Rio Olympics (Highlights)

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Hi friends.. I am Sarath Chandra Reddy. Rio Olympics completed.. So here I am sharing important details of Olympics.. Happy Readings :)

2016 Summer Rio Olympics

• Held During : 5th  to 21st August 2016
• IOC president : Thomas Bach
• It is 31st Modern Olympics
  
• 2016 Rio Olympic cauldron was lit by : Vanderlei de Lima
• Venue : Rio de Janerio(Brazil)
• Brazil capital : Brasília
• Brazil currency : Brazilian real
• Opening cermony Stadium : Maracanã Stadium
• Closing cermony Stadium : Maracanã Stadium
• Official Song of Olympic Torch Relay : Life of a Traveller
• Official Theme Song : Heart and Soul
• Motto : 
• A new world---rio 2016
• Inspire a Generation----London 2012
• One world,One drean------Beijing,2008
• Theme : World Peace and Environment
• Mascot : Vinicius (named after musician 'Vinicius de Moraes')
• Logo : Henri Matisse's painting Dance
• How many nations participating : 205
• Events : 306
• Sports disciplines : 41(total sports---28)
• The two new sports : Golf and Rugby sevens
• Total medals : 2102
• Total athletes : 11544
• INDIA AT OLYMPICS : 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
• India’s flag bearer opening ceremony was : Abhinav Bindra
• India’s flag bearer closing ceremony was  : Sakshi Malik
• The official sponsor of Indian contingent to the 2016 Rio Olympics : Amul
• Goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent : 
• Salman Khan, 
• A R Rahman, 
• Sachin Tendulkar 
• Abhinav Bindra
• Which indian won historic silver medal in women’s singles badminton : Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (gold---carolin marin)
• The Indian female wrestler who won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category at the Olympic Games in Rio-----Sakshi Malik
• Which state government will confer Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik with Rani Laxmi Bai Award for winning a medal in Rio Olympics : Utter pradesh
• Name the Indian athlete who has qualified for the women's 3000m steeplechase final at Rio : LlitaBbar
• The following created history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to enter the Olympic final at the Rio Olympic Centre : Dipa karmakar
• What is the total number of participants in Rio Olympics 2016 from India(including those who failed in doping test) : 124
• Which Indian wrestler was ousted from the Olympics and slapped with a four-year ban for flunking a dope test after Court of Arbitration  : Narsingh Yadav
• First gold medal was won by - Ginny Thrasher of USA - 10-meter air rifle event.
• Majlinda Kelmendi wins Kosovo's first Olympic gold medal
• Highest Medals : US (121 Medals), Britain 2 nd, China 3rd
• Highest individual medal in Mens : Phelps(swimming) ----6(5 gold and 1 silver)
• Highest individual medal in womens : Ledecky katie(swimming) ----5(4 g, 1 s)
• First time as part in the Olympics Games : Kosovo and South Sudan
• Largest Olympic team of 2016 Rio Olympics is : The United States (554 athletes)
• Smallest Olympic team of 2016 Rio Olympics is : Tuvalu (1 athletes)
• Youngest athlete of 2016 Rio Olympics : Meet Gaurika Singh of Nepal age 13 years 255 days (Swimming)
• The first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal : Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin(Taekwondo---women's 57 kg)
• Country team won Mens hockey gold medal : Argentina
• Country team won Mens Foot ball gold medal : Brazil
• Who created a world record of 82.29m in women’s hammer throw to win gold at Rio Olympics : Anita Wlodarczyk
• Who won the gold medal in men’s singles tennis category in Rio 2016 Olympic Games : AndyMurray
• The Chinese table tennis champion who became the fifth male player to complete the Grand Slam by winning gold medal in Rio Olympics 2016 : Ma Long
• The following became the first Brazilian to win a Gold medal at 2016 Rio Olympics : Judoka Silva
• The country won the gold in first-ever Olympic Women's Rugby Sevens Championship in Rio de Janeiro : Australia
• The American swimmer who set a new world record to win gold in the women's 400 metres freestyle at the Rio Olympics : Katie Ledecky
• The swimmer who became the first swimmer to win four consecutive gold medals in same event : Michael Phelps
• The person, after whom the mascot name is given in Rio Olympics was famous as : Musician
• Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra missed a medal in the final of the men's ___m Air Rifle event at Rio Olympics : 10 m
• Michel Temer is the Acting President of which country : Brazil
• First transgender model to participates in opening ceremony : Lea T(Brazil)
• The International Olympic Committee(IOC) has added how many new sports for the 2020 Olympics : 5 (baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sports climbing and surfing. )
• The following country has been banned from taking part in Rio Olympics : Russia
• Which sport will mark its comeback at Rio Olympics after being dropped from the list post 1904 Summer Olympics : Golf
• The first ever refugee Olympic team will participate in Rio Olympics 2016 under which flag : Olympics Flag
• IOC President : Thomas Bach
• IOC Headquarters : Lausanne, Switzerland
• Court of Arbitration for Sport Headquarters : Lausanne, Switzerland
• First Indian woman member of IOC : Nita Ambani
• Indin Olympic Association Headquarters : New Delhi
• Indian Olympic association president : Narayana Ramachandran
• Who got The Olympic Order is the highest award of the Olympic Movement and is awarded for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement : Narayana Ramachandran (IOC President)

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