Olympic Gold Quest

Olympic Gold Quest
Abbreviation OGQ
Formation 2001
Type Non-profit sports organisation
Purpose Sports
Region served
 India
Chief Executive Officer
 Viren Rasquinha
Key people
 Geet Sethi
Prakash Padukone
Website Official website

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.

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 sportspersons, 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 46 athletes in the Six disciplines of Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Shooting, Wrestling, and Archery. Besides it also supports 24 junior athletes from different sports disciplines under its Junior Scholarship Program.

Following are the athletes:[5]

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Boxing

Shooting

Wrestling

Junior Scholarship Athletes

[6]

Medals

Medal Name/Team Games Sport Event
 Bronze Narang, GaganGagan Narang 2012 London Shooting Men's 10m Air Rifle
 Silver Vijay Kumar 2012 London Shooting Men's 25 Rapid Fire Pistol
 Bronze Saina Nehwal 2012 London Badminton Women's singles
 Bronze Mary Kom 2012 London Boxing Women's flyweight

See also

References

  1. ↑ Vishwanathan Anand Joins Olympic Gold Quest
  2. ↑ http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6592
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Olympic Gold Quest Executive Committee Archived September 10, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Athletes Supported by Olympic Gold Quest Archived September 1, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Junior Scholarship Athletes | Olympic Gold Quest

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