Dipa Karmakar – Gold Queen ‘Produnova’ of India
“If you want to achieve something in life you have to take risks”
Dipa Karmakar (born 9 August 1993) is an Indian artistic gymnast who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, becoming the first Indian gymnast to do so in history and the second Indian overall. after Ashish Kumar at the world gymnastics challenge. cup. She qualified for the final of the 2016 Rio Olympics and became the first Indian female gymnast in the last 52 years. She is one of only five women to have successfully attempted the Produnova (difficulty level 7), which is considered a very difficult and risky vault to perform in women’s gymnastics. She unfortunately missed out on the medal by finishing fourth in the finals of the Rio 2016 events with a score of 15.066. She also won a bronze medal at the Asian Gymnastics Championships for nine years; she has amassed 77 medals of which 67 are gold medals at state, national and world championships.
He is the recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the Padma Shri Award from the Government of India and is on the Forbes list of Asia Under 30 Super Achievers in 2017. He is supported by the Government of Sport Foundation under the Rahul Dravid Program. athlete mentoring. In October 2015, she became the first Indian gymnast to qualify or to the final stage of the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she finished first with a two-vault average of 14.683. She won a gold medal at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup vault event in Turkey in July 2018, becoming her first Indian gymnast to finish first in an international event.
life lesson – Queen Dipa of India’s Golden ‘Produnova’ started her gymnastics at the age of 6; however, the Sports Authority of India denied accepting her as a trainee because she had flat feet, which affects the quality of jumps and landings. Unfortunately, she is considered an undesirable attribute for a gymnast. But as said, “it always seems impossible until it’s done”. Her winners like her never give up, with the help of her long term trainer Bisbeshwar Nandi, she worked on her feet and with years of practice and preparation she was able to develop an arch in her foot. her. Apart from coming from a small town, she faced various other problems like availability of a good platform, adequate food, fitness equipment and conditions, lack of social and financial support, etc. she looked back.