Olympic Gold Quest
Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ) is a program of the Foundation for Promotion of Sports and Games, a Not for Profit (Section 25) Company, which is committed to bridging the gap between the best athletes in India and the best athletes in the world thus helping Indian athletes to win Olympic Gold medals.
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| Abbreviation | OGQ |
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| Founder | Geet Sethi and Prakash Padukone |
| Type | Not for Profit |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
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| Website | www |
OGQ aims to create a level playing field for Indian athletes to enable them to be competitive at the highest level of sport. Founded by Indian sporting legends Geet Sethi and Prakash Padukone, OGQ's first test was the London 2012 Olympics. 4 out of the 6 Indian medalists were supported by OGQ. In 2010, Leander Paes and Viswanathan Anand also joined the board of directors.[1][2] Viren Rasquinha, former India hockey captain, is the current CEO of Olympic Gold Quest.[3]
Objective
To assist potential Olympic medal talent from India to help achieve their dreams and win Olympic gold medals and scout for potential medal talent, to help identify areas of support, to work with all stakeholders to aid deserving talent.
Olympic Gold Quest strives to complement the efforts of the Indian Government and various Sports Federations in identifying and funding the best and most deserving medal prospects for the Olympic Games. Olympic Gold Quest has brought together eminent sportsperson, business leaders, sportswriters and talent scouts to identify emerging athletes, understand their training needs and requirements and raise funds to be used for supporting athletes with Olympic medal winning potential.[4]
Supported athletes
Olympic Gold Quest supports 51 athletes in the six disciplines of athletics, badminton, boxing, shooting, wrestling, and archery. Besides it also supports 25 junior athletes from different sports disciplines under its Junior Scholarship Program.
Following are the athletes:[5]
Archery
- Deepika Kumari
- Jayanta Talukdar
- Tarundeep Rai
- Rahul Banerjee
- Bombayla Devi Laishram
- Rimil Buriuly
- Laxmirani Majhi
- Mangal Singh Champia
- Sanjay Boro
- Atanu Das
- Pravin Jadhav
- Atul Verma
- Promila Daimary
- Madhu Vedwan
- Ankita Bhakat
- Sukhmani Babrekar
Athletics
Badminton
- Saina Nehwal (bronze in 2012)
- P V Sindhu (silver in 2016 and bronze in 2020)
- Parupalli Kashyap
- Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa
Boxing
- Mary Kom (bronze in 2012)
- Shiva Thapa
- Nengneihat Kom
- Sarita Devi
- Devendro Singh
- Sarjubala Devi
- Sumit Sangwan
Shooting
- Gagan Narang (bronze in 2012)
- Vijay Kumar (silver in 2012)
- Heena Sidhu
- Annu Raj Singh
- Sanjeev Rajput
- Omkar Singh
- Jitu Rai
- Pooja Ghatkar
- Ayonika Paul
- Shweta Singh
- Smit Singh
- Prakash Nanjappa
- Kynan Chenai
- Joydeep Karmakar
- Rahi Sarnobat
- Apurvi Chandela
- Chain Singh
- Elizabeth Koshy
- Lajja Gauswami
- Shri Nivetha Parmantham
- Gurpreet Singh
- Shreya Gawande
- Angad Vir Singh Bajwa
- Anish Bhanwala
- Ravi Kumar
- Deepak Kumar
- Shahzar Rizvi
Wrestling
- Jaideep
- Parveen Rana
- Sonam Malik[6]
- Sushil Kumar (Silver in 2012, Bronze in 2008) (Disc. 2016)
- Yogeshwar Dutt (Bronze in 2012) (Disc. 2016)
Junior Scholarship Athletes [7]
- Malaika Goel - Shooting
- Pratik Borse - Shooting
- Manavaditya Rathore - Shooting
- Gayatri Pawaskar - Shooting
- Lakshya Sen - Badminton
- Siril Verma - Badminton
- Meiraba Luwang - Badminton
- Rahul Yadav - Badminton
- Kiran George - Badminton
- Chirag Sen - Badminton
- Rahul Bharadwaj - Badminton
- Bodhit Joshi - Badminton
- Kartikey Gulshan - Badminton
- Aakarshi Kashyap - Badminton
- Rohit Singh - Boxing
- Parechitpi - Boxing
- Thotyola Tangkhul - Boxing
- Nengboichong - Boxing
- Lansigmi - Boxing
- Ngathingpam - Boxing
- Shantikumar - Boxing
- Ravi Kumar - Wrestling
- Anil Kumar - Wrestling
- Naveen - Wrestling
- Manisha - Wrestling
- Pooja Gehlot - Wrestling
- Arun Singh - Wrestling
- Archana Kamath - Table Tennis
- Diya Chitale - Table Tennis
- Maana Patel - Swimming
- Shaili Singh - Long Jump
- Kunwar Ajay - Javelin Throw
- Komalika Bari - Archery
Paralympians
- Devendra Jhajharia - Javelin Throw[8]
- Mariyappan Thangavelu - High Jump[8]
Medals
| Medal | Name/Team | Games | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Vijay Kumar | 2012 London |  Shooting | Men's 25 Rapid Fire Pistol |
 Bronze | Gagan Narang | Shooting | Men's 10m Air Rifle | |
| Bronze | Saina Nehwal |  Badminton | Women's singles | |
| Bronze | Mary Kom |  Boxing | Women's flyweight | |
| Silver | P. V. Sindhu | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Badminton | Women's singles |
| Bronze | P. V. Sindhu | 2020 Tokyo | Badminton | Women's singles |
See also
- Anglian Medal Hunt Company
- Mittal Champions Trust
References
- Vishwanathan Anand Joins Olympic Gold Quest
- "NYT: India swoons over its chess champ". 10 August 2010.
- PTI Date: 2009-06-01 Place: New Delhi (2009-06-01). "Rasquniha Appointed CEO of Olympic Gold Quest". Mid-day.com. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
- Olympic Gold Quest Executive Committee Archived September 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- Athletes Supported by Olympic Gold Quest Archived September 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- "Sushil Sir inspires me to work harder: Sonam Malik". The Bridge. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- "Junior Scholarship Athletes".
- "Para Athletics | OGQ". www.olympicgoldquest.in. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-26.