However, India has produced a handful of sledding athletes who have been successful at the top level, the most prominent being medal-winning luger Shiva Keshavan.

India is considered to have a huge untapped potential for winter sports, including sledding.

[citation needed] Shiva Keshavan has been a talismanic member of India's Winter Olympics contingents over the years, having competed in the six consecutive editions of the Games from 1998 to 2018.

In 1998 Keshavan became the youngest ever person to compete at luge at the Winter Olympics, at Nagano, Japan at the age of 16 years.

[8][9] He won three gold, four silver and three bronze medals at the Asia Cup and Asian Championships since 2005.