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First Persons in Various Categories

» The First Indian to win world Billiards Trophy – Wilson Jones
» The first to conquer Everest – Sherpa Tenzing (1953)
»The first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel – Miss. Arati Shah
» The first person to win Wimbledon title five times – Bjorn Borg
» The first to sail round the world – Megellan
» The first Indian to win world Billiards Trophy – Wilson Jones
» The first to cross the Damelles by swimming – Mihir Sen
» The first person to reach South Pole – Amundsen
» The first woman who conquered Everest – Junko Tabei (Japan)
»The first black player to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title – Arthur Ashe (US)
» The first person to reach North Pole – Robert Peary
» First woman Olympic Medallist (Weight Lifting) – Karnam Malleswari (2000)
»The first Indian to win All England Badminton Championship – Prakash Padukone
»The first person to win the Palk Strait ocean swimming contest – Baidyanath
»The first person to complete solo walk to magnetic North pole – David Hempleman Adam (UK)
» The first woman to reach North pole – Ann Bancroft
» The first woman to sail non stop around the world alone – Kaycottee
» The first an to climb Everest twice – Nawang Gombu
» The first deaf & dumb to cross the strait of Gibraltar – Taranath Shenoy(India)
» The first woman to climb Mt. Everest twice – Santosh Yadav (India)