1. India at the Olympics

2. • 1/120th of India’s
population
• 54th ranked country as per
GDP
INDIA
HUNGARY
• 1.2 Billion strong population

3. • 17 medals including 8 Gold
medals at the London
Olympics
INDIA
HUNGARY
• No individual Gold medal
at the London Olympics

5. Brainchild of
Geet Sethi and Prakash Padukone.

6. About
Section 25 non-profit organization
Vision
To bridge the gap between India’s best
and the best in the world
Mission
To help Indian athletes win Olympic Gold medals.

7. Board of Directors

8. CEO
Viren Rasquinha – Former Indian Hockey Captain,
Olympian and Arjuna Awardee
Geet Sethi 9 time World Cue Sports Champion, Padma Shri and
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee
Prakash Padukone All England Badminton Champion, Padma Shri Awardee
Viswanathan
Anand
5 time Chess World Champion, Padma Vibhushan, Rajiv
Khel Ratna Awardee
Leander Paes 13 time Grand Slam Champion, Olympic Bronze
Medalist, Padma Shri Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee
Niraj Bajaj 4 time National Table Tennis Champion, Arjuna
Awardee and Director, Bajaj Group
R. Ramaraj Senior Advisor, Sequoia Capital
Shitin Desai DSP Merrill Lynch
Rakesh Khanna Founding Partner, Ambit RSM
Neeraj Bharadwaj Managing Director, Carlyle Group
Deepika Padukone Acclaimed Actor

9. OGQ Support to Athletes

10. 1
2
4
3

11. Focus Disciplines

12. Shooting Athletics Boxing
Badminton Wrestling Archery
Total Number of Athletes Supported by OGQ: 49

13. Athletes on Board

14. At London 2012 Gold Silver Bronze Total
India - 2 4 6
OGQ - 1 3 4

15. OGQ Impact:
Mary Kom

16. Problem: Fighting against taller and stronger opponents
• Mary Kom had to shift from her preferred 46kg category to 51kg category at
the London Olympics
Solution:

17. Badminton - Singles
World Rank: 13
Age: 17 years
Hometown: Hyderabad
Rising Star: P.V. Sindhu

18. Progress in World Ranking of Sindhu in 2010-13

20. Sport Junior Athletes
Archery 3
Badminton 5
Boxing 2
Shooting 9
No. of Junior Scholarship Athletes: 19 across 4 Sports

22. Thank You

23. Vision 2020: Win 20 Medals

24. It takes just 6 grams of gold
to lift the worth of a nation
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