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The 15 biggest moments for women in the Summer Olympics

Since 1900, when women first began competing in the Olympic Games, there have been many unforgettable moments. 

15. The only female medal-winner in India

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India's Karnam Malleswari lifts 105kg in the women's 69kg weightlifting snatch during the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. Malleswari won the bronze medal.

  • By Laura Edwins Contributor

At the Sydney Games in 2000, Karnam Malleswari became the first woman from India to win an Olympic medal, taking the bronze in the women鈥檚 weightlifting. 2000 was the first year women鈥檚 weightlifting was included as an Olympic sport.

Born in a small village in India in 1979, Malleswari began weightlifting at age 12. After winning the bronze in Sydney she became known as 鈥渢he iron girl of Andhra Pradesh.鈥�

Most of India鈥檚 Olympic medals have been in men鈥檚 field hockey. Today, Malleswari is still the only woman in India to have won an Olympic medal.

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