Sports

Field	Person
The first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel	Miss. Arati Shah
The first Indian to win world Billiards Trophy	Wilson Jones
The first to cross the Damelles by swimming	Mihir Sen
The first to conquer Everest	Sherpa Tenzing (1953)
The first to sail round the world	Megellan
The first person to win Wimbledon title five times	Bjorn Borg
The first woman who conquered Everest	Jungo Table (Japan)
The first person to reach North Pole	Robert Peary
First woman Olympic Medallist (Weight Lifting)	Karnam Malleswari (2000)
The first person to reach South Pole	Amundsen
The first Indian to win All England Badminton Championship	Prakash Padukone
The first Indian woman to conquer Everest	Bichendri Pal
The first an to climb Everest twice	Nawang Gombu
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 deaf & dumb to cross the strait of Gibraltar	Taranath Shenoy (India)
The first woman to climb Mt. Everest twice	Santosh Yadav (India)
The first black player to win the Wimbledon men's singles title	Arthur Ashe (US)
The first person to win the Palk Strait ocean swimming contest	Baidyanath