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DEEPIKA KUMARI
by Team VAPS
Shivnarayan Mahato, a rickshaw driver, and Geeta, a nurse at Ranchi Medical College, hailing from Ratu Chatti village, 15 kilometres from Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand), welcomed Deepika Kumari into the world in Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand) In his youth, he used archery and used stones to aim at mangoes Initially, Deepika's parents struggled to financially support her desire, sometimes donating household expenses to buy her new workout gear. As a result, Deepika practised archery with handmade bamboo bows and arrows Deepika's cousin Vidya Kumari, then an archer at the Tata Archery Academy, helped her polish the gift At the age of fifteen, he took first place at the 11th World Youth Archery Championships in 2009 in Ogden, Utah the other in a solo competition
In May of the same year in Antalya, Turkey held 2012 Deepika Kumari won the gold medal in the individual event at the world championships. She won the gold medal in 2013 July 22 in the third round of the Archery World Cup held in Medellin, Colombia, when India finished fourth in 2014 Deepika has been featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 (India under 30) list. in 2015
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Deepika won the bronze medal in the individual event of the second round of the World Cup to earn her first medal at the World Championship in Shanghai in 2016. in April Deepika holds the world record for Ki Bobae repetitions (686/720) Deepika Kumari qualified for the Olympics in the continental qualifiers held in 2019 was held in Bangkok together with the 21st Asian Archery Championship in November Deborah Kumari 2021 India won three gold medals in Round 3 of the Archery World Cup in Paris
Bhavani was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu CA Bhavani Devi started her sports career in 2003 in 2004 she was introduced to fencing at school After completing class 10, she joined the SAI (Sports Administration of India) centre in Thalassery, Kerala At the age of 14, she appeared in her first international tournament in Turkey, where she was sent off three minutes late In 2010 Won a bronze medal at the Asian Championship in the Philippines Starting with a bronze medal in 2009 At the Commonwealth Championships in Malaysia, Bhavani Devi won bronze medals in 2010 International Open, Thailand; Asian Cadet Championship 2010, Philippines; in 2012 Common Property Championship, Jersey; in 2015 Asian U23 Championship, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and Flemish Open 2015 2014 She won a silver medal at the Asian Under-23 Championship in the Philippines, becoming the first Indian to do so Bhavani Devi received 2 gold medals, one each in 2012. Commonwealth Championship, 2014 Jersey and Tuscany Cup in Italy She won a silver medal in the individual women's sabre category in 2019 Tournoi satellite fencing competition in Ghent, Belgium She made history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Senior Fencing Championships in Canberra in epee
