7. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
One of the most successful Indian athletes, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has also been one of the most successful Indian politicians. Rajyavardhan won India’s only medal at the Athens Olympics held in 2004. He secured a silver medal and later secured seven international gold medals in his career as a shooter. Rathore was also a colonel in the Indian Army from where he voluntarily opted for retirement. Rathore joined politics through a BJP ticket and contested from Jaipur (Rural). He came to the peak of his career as a politician when he was inducted as the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting in 2014, and as a cabinet minister with a free charge for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in 2017.
