India At The Olympics

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India at the Olympics

• 1/120th of India’s

population

• 54th ranked country as per

GDP

INDIA

HUNGARY

• 1.2 Billion strong population

• 17 medals including 8 Gold medals at the London Olympics

INDIA

HUNGARY

• No individual Gold medal at the London Olympics

Brainchild ofGeet Sethi and Prakash Padukone.

About

Section 25 non-profit organization

Vision

To bridge the gap between India’s best and the best in the world

Mission

To help Indian athletes win Olympic Gold medals.

Board of Directors

CEOViren Rasquinha – Former Indian Hockey Captain,

Olympian and Arjuna Awardee

Geet Sethi 9 time World Cue Sports Champion, Padma Shri and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee

Prakash Padukone All England Badminton Champion, Padma Shri Awardee

Viswanathan Anand

5 time Chess World Champion, Padma Vibhushan, Rajiv Khel Ratna Awardee

Leander Paes 13 time Grand Slam Champion, Olympic Bronze Medalist, Padma Shri Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee

Niraj Bajaj 4 time National Table Tennis Champion, Arjuna Awardee and Director, Bajaj Group

R. Ramaraj Senior Advisor, Sequoia Capital

Shitin Desai DSP Merrill Lynch

Rakesh Khanna Founding Partner, Ambit RSM

Neeraj Bharadwaj Managing Director, Carlyle Group

Deepika Padukone Acclaimed Actor

OGQ Support to Athletes

1

2

4

3

Focus Disciplines

Shooting Athletics Boxing

Badminton Wrestling Archery

Total Number of Athletes Supported by OGQ: 49

Athletes on Board

At London 2012 Gold Silver Bronze Total

India - 2 4 6

OGQ - 1 3 4

OGQ Impact:Mary Kom

Problem: Fighting against taller and stronger opponents• Mary Kom had to shift from her preferred 46kg category to 51kg category at

the London Olympics

Solution:

Badminton - Singles

World Rank: 13

Age: 17 years

Hometown: Hyderabad

Rising Star: P.V. Sindhu

Progress in World Ranking of Sindhu in 2010-13

Sport Junior Athletes

Archery 3 Badminton 5Boxing 2Shooting 9

No. of Junior Scholarship Athletes: 19 across 4 Sports

Thank You

Vision 2020: Win 20 Medals

It takes just 6 grams of gold to lift the worth of a nation

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