Dipa Karmakar She is The Small Wonder (India’s First-Ever Female Gymnast to Compete in the Olympics)
Dipa Karmakar Bio/Wiki
Name
Dipa Karmakar
Nickname
Guddu
Profession
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
Famous For
Winning a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
Date of Birth
9 August 1993
Zodiac/Sun
Sign
Leo
Birth Place
Agartala, Tripura
Home town
Agartala, Tripura
Mother Tongue
Not Known
Father
Dulal Karmakar (Weight Lifting Coach at SAI)
Mother
Gita Karmakar
Brother
None
Sister
Puja Karmakar
Personal Life
School
Agartala’s Abhoynagar Nazrul Smriti Vidyalaya
College/University
Women’s College, Agartala
Education
Qualification
Bachelor of Arts MA in Political Science
Contact
number
Not Known
Address
Not Known
Religion
Hinduism
Caste
Other Backward Class (OBC)
Nationality
Indian
Car
BMW
Hobbies
Cooking, Listening to Music, Watching Films
International Debut
2014 commonwealth games
Marital Status/Affairs
Marital Status
Unmarried
Affairs/Boyfriends
Not Known
Husband/Spouse
Not Known
Children
None
Salary/Networth
Salary
Not Known
Networth
Not Known
Physical Status
Height
In Centimeters- 150 cm In Meters- 1.50 m In Feet inches- 4’ 11”
Weight
In Kilograms- 50 kg In Pounds- 110 lbs
Figure
31-25-34
Shoe size
7
Hair color
Black
Eyes color
Black
Skin color
Fair
Gymnastics
Category
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
Level
Senior International Elite
Coach/Mentor
Soma Nandi & Bisweshwar Nandi
Records
(main ones)
First Indian female to win a medal (Bronze) in the history of Commonwealth Games; she won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The first Indian female gymnast ever to compete in the Olympics, she represented India at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Awards, Honours, Achievements
2018: First Ladies award by the
Ministry of Women & Child Development,2017: Padma Shri, 2015: Arjuna
Award, 2016: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award,
Dipa Karmakar She is The Small Wonder (India’s First-Ever Female Gymnast to Compete in the Olympics)
She has been practicing gymnastics since the age of 6
Her first experience at an international event was in 2010 when she became a part of the Indian gymnastics contingent at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
While representing Tripura in the 2011 National Games of India, Dipa Karmakar won gold medals in the all-around and all four events: floor, vault, balance beam, and uneven bars.
After her 2014 Commonwealth Games stint, Dipa went on to finish fourth in the vault final at the 2014 Asian Games. The same year, she also won a bronze medal at the Asian Championships, held in Hiroshima.
In October 2015, Karmakar became the first Indian gymnast to qualify for a final stage at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Glasgow.
In the latter half of 2017, she nursed a knee injury and had to undergo corrective surgery for her anterior cruciate ligament. She also had to miss the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
