Dipa Karmakar – ‘Produnova’ Gold Queen 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. Bowl. She qualified for the final of the 2016 Rio Olympics, becoming the first Indian gymnast in the past 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. Unfortunately, she just missed out on medaling by finishing fourth in the final 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 Super Achievers Under 30 in 2017. He is supported by the Government of Sport Foundation under Rahul Dravid. Athlete Mentoring Program. In October 2015, she became the first Indian gymnast to qualify or make it to the final stage of the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she finished in first place with a two-jump average of 14.683. She won a gold medal in the vault event at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup in Turkey in July 2018, becoming her first Indian gymnastic to finish first in an international event.
life lesson – India’s Golden ‘Produnova’ Queen Dipa began her gymnastics at the age of 6; however, the Sports Authority of India denied accepting her as her apprentice because she was flat-footed, which affects the quality of jumping and landing. Unfortunately, she is considered to be 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 several other problems like the availability of a good platform, adequate food, suitable gym conditions and equipment, lack of social and financial support, etc. she looked back.