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Neha Ahuja (2006).
Neha Ahuja (born September 27, 1981) is the second Indian woman to qualify for the Winter Olympics, and the first Indian to be competing in the Giant Slalom alpine skiing finals. Daughter of an Indian Border Security Officer, she was one of the four Indians competing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Her sister Swati Ahuja participated the fourth season of MTV Roadies.
Per Winter Olympic records, the first Indian Alpine Skiing participation is in 1964. Since then, 8 athletes (6 men and 2 women) have competed in 5 Winter Games.
The first Indian man in Winter Olympics is Jeremy Bujakowski[1] at Innsbruck in 1964 in Alpine Skiing/Men's Downhill and the first Indian woman in Winter Olympics is Shailaja Kumar at Calgary in 1988 in Alpine Skiing/Women's Slalom.
Indian Winter Olympic Alpine Skiing Results from 1964 to 2006
Year Event Athlete Age Finish 1964 Men's Downhill Jeremy Bujakowski 24 AC 1968 Men's Downhill Jeremy Bujakowski 28 53 1968 Men's Slalom Jeremy Bujakowski 28 AC+ 1968 Men's Giant Slalom Jeremy Bujakowski 28 65 1988 Women's Slalom Shailaja Kumar 21 28 1988 Men's Slalom Gul Dev 24 AC 1988 Men's Slalom Kishor Rahtna Rai 23 49 1992 Men's Slalom Lal Chuni 21 61 1992 Men's Slalom Nanak Chand 20 58 1992 Men's Giant Slalom Nanak Chand 20 82 1992 Men's Giant Slalom Lal Chuni 21 AC 2006 Men's Giant Slalom Hira Lal 25 AC 2006 Women's Slalom Neha Ahuja 24 51 2006 Women's Giant Slalom Neha Ahuja 24 42 External links
References
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- Indian alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers of India
- Indian Hindus
- People from Jammu and Kashmir
- Indian sportspeople stubs
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