Like we did over the last couple of years, we would be covering a bit on IIFT 2016, SNAP 2016 GK Preparation this year as well. Over the last few years, one can almost be assured of at least a couple of questions from awards and sports and one does not need to prepare a lot or to remember a lot of stuff and hence the post on IIFT 2016, SNAP 2016 GK Preparation – Awards, Prizes and Sports Achievements. We have compiled a knowledge capsule of the important highlights of 2016 along with some historical figures.
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IIFT 2016, SNAP 2016 GK Preparation – Awards, Prizes and Sports Achievements
Nobel Prizes 2016
Physics: David J. Thoules, Duncan Haldane, John M. Kosterlitz
Chemistry: Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart, Ben Feringa
Medicine: Yoshinori Ohsumi
Literature: Bob Dylan
Peace: Juan Manuel Santos
Economics: Oliver Hart, Bengt R. Holmström
Ramon Magsaysay Awards by Indians in 2016
Thodur Madabusi Krishna for Emergent Leadership
Bezwada Wilson for Community Leadership
Literature Awards
Prix Femina: Marcus Malte for Le Garcon
Struga Poetry Evenings: Margaret Atwood
Neustadt International Prize for Literature: Dubravka Ugrešić
Franz Kafka Prize: Claudio Magris
Man Booker International Prize: Han Kang for The Vegetarian shared by Deborah Smith for translating the original work
2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Motto: A New World
Mascot: Vinicus named after musician Vinicius de Moraes, represents Brazilian wildlife and carries design traits of cats, monkeys, and birds.
Emblem: The logo represents three figures joined at their arms and feet, with the overall shape reflecting that of Sugarloaf Mountain. The emblem was also claimed to be the “first 3D logo in the history of the Olympics.
India at the Summer Olympics 2016
Flag Bearer for the opening ceremony: Abhinav Bindra (Shooting)
Flag Bearer for the closing ceremony: Sakshi Malik (Wrestling)
Silver medal: P V Sindhu (Badminton)
Bronze medal: Sakshi Malik (Woman’s freestyle 58 kg wrestling)
Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics and is one of the five women to have successfully landed the Produnova.
2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mascot: Tom who was named after Brazilian musician Tom Jobim, the Paralympic mascot represented Brazilian flora and “was always growing and overcoming obstacles”.
Emblem: The emblem incorporated a heart and the infinity symbol, representing a beating heart and an “infinite energy to overcome obstacles”.
India at the Summer Paralympics 2016
Flag Bearer for the opening ceremony: Devendra Jhajharia (Javelin)
Flag Bearer for the closing ceremony: Mariyappan Thangavelu (High Jump)
Gold medal:
Mariyappan Thangavelu (Men’s high jump)
Devendra Jhajharia (Men’s javelin throw)
Silver medal:
Deepa Malik (Women’s shot put)
Bronze medal:
Varun Singh Bhati (Men’s high jump)
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards
P V Sindhu (Badminton)
Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics)
Jitu Rai (Shooting)
Sakshi Malik (Wrestling)
Arjuna Awards
Rajat Chauhan (Archery)
Lalita Babar (Athletics)
Sourav Kothari (Billiards and Snooker)
Shiva Thapa (Boxing)
Ajinkya Rahane (Cricket)
Subrata Paul (Football)
Rani (Hockey)
Raghunath V.R. (Hockey)
Gurpreet Singh (Shooting)
Apurvi Chandela (Shooting)
Soumyajit Ghosh (Table Tennis)
Vinesh (Wrestling)
Amit Kumar (Wrestling)
Sandeep Singh Mann (Para-Athletics)
Virender Singh (Wrestling (Deaf))
Dronacharya Awards
Nagapuri Ramesh (Athletics)
Sagar Mal Dhayal (Boxing)
Raj Kumar Sharma (Cricket)
Bishweshwar Nandi (Gymnastics)
Pradeep Kumar (Swimming (Lifetime))
Mahabir Singh (Wrestling (Lifetime))
UEFA Euro 2016 held in France
Logo: It depicted the Henri Delaunay trophy with the blue, white and red colours of the French flag, surrounded by a mixture of shapes and lines representing different artistic movements and football elements.
Slogan: Le Rendez-Vous
Mascot: Super Victor
Winner: Portugal (beat France 1 – 0 in the final)
Player of the tournament: Antoine Griezmann (France) (also with the most goals in the tournament – 6)
Young player of the tournament: Renato Sanchez (Portugal)
Golden Boot: Antoine Griezmann (France)
Silver Boot: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Bronze Boot: Olivier Giroud
Tennis
Australian Open 2016 winners (Hard court)
Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic (defeated Andy Murray)
Women’s Singles: Angelique Kerber (defeated Serena Williams)
Women’s Doubles: Sania Mirza/Martina Hingis
French Open 2016 winners (Clay court)
Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic (defeated Andy Murray)
Women’s Singles: Garbine Muguruza (defeated Serena Williams)
Mixed Doubles: Leander Paes/Martina Hingis (defeated Ivan Dodig/Sania Mirza)
Wimbledon 2016 (Grass court)
Men’s Singles: Andy Murray (defeated Milos Raonic)
Women’s Singles: Serena Williams (defeated Angelique Kerber)
US open 2016 (Hard court)
Men’s Singles: Stanlislas Wawrinka (defeated Novak Djokovic)
Women’s Singles: Angelique Kerber (defeated Karolina Pliskova)
Tennis historical statistics
Most titles and matches won in Open era (Men): Jimmy Connors (109)
Most Grand Slams Singles (Men): Roger Federer (17)
Most titles and matches won in Open era (Women): Martina Navratilova (167)
Most Grand Slams Singles (Men): Margaret Court (24)
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