Dipa Karmakar is an Indian rhythmic gymnast. She came into the spotlight when she won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She is a recipient of the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian award. For her contribution to sports, she was also awarded the Arjuna Award in 2015 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khair Ratna Award in 2016.
Dipa Karmakar awarded Padma Shri
Wiki/Biography
Dipa Karmakar was born on 9 August 1993 in Agartala (30 years; as of 2023). Her zodiac sign is Leo. She received her education at Abhoynagar Nazrul Smriti Vidyalaya in Agartala and attended Women’s College for her BA. Dipa started practicing gymnastics when she was six years old. When she started gymnastics, she had flat feet and was reluctant to do gymnastics at first, but her father inspired her to take up the sport and stick with it. Her father worked as a weightlifting coach with the Sports Authority of India and wanted Deepa to become famous in the sports world. She takes training from coach Biswaswar Nandi. Karmakar trained without any equipment for eight months before competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. However, things changed after the federation arranged a training camp for her. Later, the GoSports Foundation supported her career in gymnastics.
appearance
Height: 4’11”
Weight: 47kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
Family, caste and boyfriends
Dipa Karmakar belongs to a Hindu Bengali family. Her father Dulal Karmakar is a weightlifting coach at SAI. Her mother’s name is Geeta Kamaka. She has a younger sister, Pooja Saha.
Dipa Karmakar’s father Dulal Karmakar
Dipa Karmakar and her mother Gita Karmakar
Dipa Karmakar and her sister Puja Saha
Profession
Deepa started her career as a gymnast in 2011 when she represented Tripura at the Indian National Games. Next, she competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she won a bronze medal in the women’s vault final. Karmakar was honored by Sachin Tendulkar at the CWG celebration ceremony. She has maintained consistent performance in different events and competitions. Kamaka again won bronze medals at the Asian Gymnastics Championships and the World Gymnastics Championships. Thereafter, she participated in the trials for the Rio Olympics and after passing, received Rs 30 lakh from the Sports Ministry for training under the Target Olympics Scheme (TOPS). In 2016, she qualified for the Rio Olympics finals, paving the way for Indian teenagers to pursue a career in gymnastics. In his nine-year career, Karmakar won a total of 77 medals, 67 of which were gold medals at state, national and world championships. Dipa is one of only 5 women to complete the Produnova (difficulty level 7) vault. She also set a record for the competition’s highest score of 15.100.
dispute
On February 5, 2023, she was suspended for 21 months for failing a doping test and all her results were disqualified from October 11, 2021.
Favorites
- Cricketer: Sachin Tendulkar
Dipa Karmakar and Sachin Tendulkar
fact
- Deepa competed in gymnastics with flat feet, a physical trait that affects a gymnast’s performance. However, she overcame this difficulty and through extensive training, her feet developed arches.
- She has been coached by Biswaswar Nandi from the beginning of her training till now.
- Deepa is the only Indian woman to win a bronze medal in gymnastics at an international event. She became the first and only woman to qualify for the Olympics in the past 52 years.
- She attributes the success she has achieved in her career to her coach Biswaswar Nandi.
Dipa Karmakar and her coach
- Karmakar has an extensive training program, training every day from 9am to 12:30pm and 5pm to 8:30pm.
Dipa Karmakar practices gymnastics
- Deepa made a promise to herself to win a medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow when she saw Ashish Kumar win India’s first gymnastics medal.
- Surprisingly, she was not the first choice for the Indian Olympic team in Rio as she failed to book herself an Olympic spot. The selection was through the World Championships, but she failed to reach the podium or win any medals in the event.
- Dipa was afraid of falling, even stepping on the crossbar. So she began practicing balance and recording her attempts on the balance beam. As of this weekend, the total reached 127.
- Karmakar was awarded the honorary title of D.Litt. degree from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Agartala in 2017.
Dipa Karmakar gets NIT honors
- In 2017, she was also selected into the Forbes list of Asia’s super achievers under 30 years old.
- In January 2019, her autobiography “The Small Wonder” was published by Sachin Tendulkar.
Deepa Karmakar autobiography launch event
Categories: Biography
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