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Leander Paes Atlanta 1996: Lander Paes, who won the historic bronze medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, inherited the game. Pace’s father Dr. Wes Paes, Bron as a member of the Indian hockey team at the 1972 Munich Olympics …Read more

Leander Paes had done another charisma by giving a bronze medal to India for the medal for 16 years.
Leander Paes Atlanta 1996: ‘Playing for the country fills me indomitable enthusiasm.’ The passion of this spirit and patriotism of Leander Paes has raised India many times from crisis watches. The same thing happened in the last Olympic Games of the century held in Atlanta 28 years ago. Leander Paes, who was called ‘Davis Cup Ajuba’, had made another charisma by giving a bronze medal to India for a medal for 16 years.
Medal in individual competition after 44 years
After 44 years at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, India won a medal in a personal event. At the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, Kashaba Jadhav of India won the bronze medal in the Bentmivet category of freestyle wrestling. The Indian hockey team won the gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, which the country received was the last medal. But this was the first time after 1984 Las Angelis, 1988 Soul and 1992 Barsilona Olympics returning to the Olympics when India’s name joined the list of countries receiving medals.
Many legendary players defeated
Richie Renegberg, Thomas Enqualist and Rangeo Furlan, who lost to Leander Paes at the Atlanta Olympics, would agree that there is no limit to bravery. It is not that after losing to Leander Paes, his tennis career has come to a complete halt. But he will definitely remember this lesson of Atlanta’s Shatabdi Olympics that sometimes an ordinary player full of indomitable energy and enthusiasm can put his mark on the court.
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Second medal came in the pace family
Leander Paes inherited the game. Paes’s father Dr. Wes Paes won the bronze medal as a member of the Indian hockey team at the 1972 Munich Olympics, while his mother Jennifer Paes was a member of the National Basketball team. In this way, the pace family received this second Olympic bronze medal. After the medal ceremony, Leander Paes said, “Now I have my own bronze medal.” Leander’s father Wes Paes was proud that the son left him behind. He expressed happiness by saying, “I had won bronze with the team, he has won alone.”
Career started with a bang
Leander Paes, who wrote a historic success story for India, also started his tennis life in a bang. When Leander Paes, who won the Junior title of Wimbledon and the US Open, defeated David Vonon of America and Australia’s Mysur in the same year when he made the first step in the senior circuit in 1991. He and Ramesh Krishnan’s pair at Barcelona Olympics next year reached the quarter -finals of the doubles match and just one from the medal Step was left away.
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Davis Cup played at the age of 16
At the age of sixteen, the combative player of this all and volley, who represented India in the ‘Davis Cup’, earned all the successes for India and raised the value of the country. Leander Paes played his first Davis Cup singles match against the hosts on South Korea’s soil in 1990. Since then, he has been achieving more achievements than his ability in the name of the country, sometimes his victory has been surprising.
Ivanisevich was also given defeat
This player, who has done anything for the team, also gives his rivals the status of a great player in the Davis Cup matches. Veterans like the Atlanta Olympics, Jermi Bates of Britain, Jacob Laske of Switzerland, Henry Lake, France’s Arnad Boish, Vane Farera of South Africa and Gorn Ivanisevich of Croatia, before Atlanta Olympics in their list of defeating players with high preference and defeating the Atlanta Olympics. Was involved
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Divis cup reversed
Thanks to Leander Paes, India made the biggest upset in history in the Davis Cup World Group competition. Paes, who was just 20 years old at the time of the fanatic audience on the slow Clay court of France’s seaside city Frazus, defeated Henry Lakete and Arnad Boish to reach India to the semi -finals by defeating Henry Lakete and Arnad Boish.
Career made a break by making many records
Leander Paes is India’s most successful tennis player. He has won 18 doubles and mixed doubles titles in Grand Slam competitions. He is one of the world’s successful players in the Davis Cup. Paes holds a record for winning 44 doubles matches in the Davis Cup. He was given the biggest award in the country’s sports world in Khel Ratna in 1996-1997. He was also awarded the Padma Shri Award in 2009. In 2014, he was given Padma Bhushan.
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Thunder Leander Paes racket in Atlanta, ended 44 years drought of medal