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In which Olympic Games did Leander Paes make his debut before winning India's first Olympic tennis medal in the following edition?

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Barcelona Olympic Games

Leander Paes made his Olympic debut at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where he reached the quarterfinals of the men's doubles alongside Ramesh Krishnan.

In the very next edition — the 1996 Atlanta Olympics — he won the bronze medal in men's singles (defeating Brazil's Fernando Meligeni), becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in tennis and India's first individual Olympic medal in 44 years.

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