Showing posts with label Sports in India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports in India. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Deepika Kumari


Deepika Kumari is an Indian athlete who competes in the event of Archery, is currently ranked World No. 5, and is a former world number one. She won a gold medal in the 2010 Commonwealth games in the women's individual recurve event.


Born: June 13, 1994 (age 21), Ranchi
Height: 1.61 m
Weight: 56 kg
Residence: Ranchi
Awards: Padma Shri 2016 Sports Archery Jharkhand, Arjuna Award for Archery






















Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Sharmila Nicollet

 Nicollet turned professional in 2009 when she was 18 years old. She is the youngest Indian golfer to qualify for Ladies European Tour. She is the second Indian to earn a full card on the Ladies European Tour.

 Nicollet won the 2009–2010 Order of Merit on the Women's Golf Association of India and then five further events to finish on top of the 2010– 2011 Order of Merit. She finished the top Indian golfer at T22, at the 2011 Hero Honda Women's Indian Open, with the lowest score of the day in the final round. She has a total of 11 wins on the Women's Golf Association of India.

 She finally qualified with a full tour card for the Ladies European Tour in 2012, being the youngest Indian golfer to qualify. Nicollet was the champion of the Hero-KGA tournament in 2012 and the Hero-WPGT in 2015.



















Saturday, October 24, 2015

Ashwini Ponnappa


Ashwini Ponnappa is an elite Indian badminton player who represents the country at the international badminton circuit in both the women's and mixed doubles disciplines.
Born: September 18, 1989 (age 26)
Height: 1.65 m
Weight: 58 kg
Awards: Arjuna Award for Badminton






























Thursday, October 15, 2015

Soumyajit Ghosh




Soumyajit Ghosh is an Indian table tennis player from West Bengal. He was the youngest Indian player to qualify for the London, 2012 Olympics. He also became the youngest national champion at the age of 19, when he defeated Sharath Kamal in the 74th National Table Tennis Championships. Ghosh is supported by the GoSports Foundation, Bangalore and has been part of their scholarship program since 2012.


















Saturday, October 10, 2015

Jwala Gutta


Jwala Gutta is a left-handed international badminton player from Hyderabad, India. She is the country's top-level doubles specialist and has won the National Badminton Championships fourteen times till 2013




Born: September 7, 1983 (age 32
Height: 1.78 m
Spouse: Chetan Anand (m. 2005–2011)
Awards: Arjuna Award for Badminton


















Thursday, August 27, 2015

Sunil Chhetri

  
Sunil Chhetri is an Indian professional footballer.


He plays as a striker for Mumbai City in the Indian Super League.


He is the captain of the Indian national football team, and their highest goalscorer of all time with 50 goals.


Born: August 3, 1984 (age 31),


Awards: Arjuna Award for Football