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This List of Indian Sportswomen includes Indian female sportspersons who brought laurels for the country at the international stage. Indian professional badminton player P.V.Sindhu. Anjali Bhagwat, Shooting - Conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award. Anju Bobby George, Long Jump; Apurvi Chandela, Air rifle shooting; Anisa ...
Deepika Kumari (born 13 June 1994) is an Indian professional archer. She won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the women's individual recurve event. She also won a gold there in the women's team recurve event with Dola Banerjee and Bombayala Devi. [3]
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This edition marked the introduction of the Indian Para Sportswoman for the Year Award which was presented to Bhavina Patel for her achievements in Table Tennis. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] India's Commonwealth gold medal-winning lawn bowls team, composed of Lovely Choubey , Rupa Rani Tirkey , Pinki Singh and Nayanmoni Saikia were also honoured at the ...
Annu Rani Dharayan (born 28 August 1992) is an Indian javelin thrower. She was the first Indian woman to reach the javelin throw final at the World Championships in 2019. [ 1 ] At the 2022 Commonwealth Games , she made history by becoming the first Indian woman javelin thrower to win a medal, a bronze. [ 2 ]
Bhavana Balakrishnan (born 25 May 1985) is an Indian television anchor, cricket commentator, video jockey, playback singer and dancer. [1] She is one of the most popular sports journalists in India after Mayanti Langer. [2]
She was the only Indian athlete to win 14 gold medals at the National Games in 1999. At the peak of her career, Millet represented India at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the 200m freestyle, where she won her heat, but failed to qualify for the semi-finals. She was the first Indian woman to meet the B Qualification timings for the Olympics.
Anjali won the ISSF Champion of Champions award and is the only Indian to win the ISSF Champions' Trophy in Air Rifle Men & Women mixed event at Munich in 2002. She has represented India in three consecutive Olympics , and was a finalist in the 2000 Sydney Olympics , a first for any Indian women shooter and also the first Indian athlete to make ...