Women At Forefront

Dipa Karmakar

(GYMNAST)

Her Early Life

Hailing from Agartala in Tripura, Dipa Karmakar started her school life and education in Abhoynagar Nazrul Smriti Vidyalaya; she started practicing gymnastics when she was only 6 years old and has been coached by Soma Nandi & Bishweshwar Nandi since.

CAREER

In a career span of 9 years, Dipa Karmakar has earned a total of 77 medals out of which 67 are gold at the state, national and world championships. Dipa is one of the only 5 women to have performed Produnova (difficulty level 7) vault. She has also made a record score of 15.100, the highest in the competition.

INSPIRATION YOU TAKE FROM HER LIFE

The inspiration I took from Dipa Karmakar's life when she won a gold in the Olympic test event in the vaulting horse event and stood all round 79th. Total 98 spots are selected for the Olympics and Dipa was 79th. It was a great victory for the country, Dipa, her coach Nandi Sir and the entire Indian gymnastics fraternity.

ACHIEVEMENTS

She has won the ARJUNA AWARD in 2015 and the PADMA SHRI in 2017