POLE STAR OF INDIA - GYMNASTIC GIRL DIPA KARMAKAR BORN 1993 AUGUST 9 - WINS

POLE STAR OF INDIA - GYMNASTIC GIRL 

DIPA KARMAKAR BORN 1993 AUGUST 9 - WINS

Dipa Karmakar (born 9 August 1993, Agartala) is an Indian artistic gymnast who hails from Tripura.She represents India at the international circuit. She rose to recognition when she won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, held at Glasgow becoming the first Indian female gymnast to do so in the history of the games.[1]

Karmakar is one of the five women that have successfully landed the very difficult Produnova vault in competition, also holding the highest score amongst all (15.100) in her attempt.[2] She also won a bronze at the Asian Gymnastics Championships and finished fifth at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, both a first for her country. These achievements have established her as the most successful gymnast from India.[3]

In April 2016, Karmakar became the first female Indian gymnast ever to secure an Olympic berth by garnering a total score of 52.698 points.[4] Additionally, she will be the first Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics in 52 years.[5] She is being supported by the GoSports Foundation[6] in her endeavor to do so.

2011[edit]
In February, Karmakar competed in the 2011 National Games of India representing Tripura. She won five golds in floor, vault, all around, balance beam and uneven bars.[8] She said of her performance, "I am very happy with my performance and give this credit to my coach Biswaswar Nandi who has worked very hard for me and at the same time I worked according to his coaching. I thank sir for all of these."[9]

2014[edit]
In July, at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Karmakar won a bronze medal in the women's vault final, thanks to a vault of difficulty of 7.00. She received an overall score of 14.366.[10] This win made her the first Indian woman to win a commonwealth gymnastics medal and the second Indian, after Ashish Kumar.[11]

At a felicitation for the CWG athletes on August 8 in Delhi, Karmakar was acknowledged by India's sporting icon Sachin Tendulkar by mentioning her in his speech saying that it was a big achievement and that he was proud of her.[3]

At the 2014 Asian Games, Karmakar finished fourth in the vault final with a score of 14.200 behind Hong Un-jong, Oksana Chusovitina, and Phan Thị Hà Thanh. After the competition, Karmakar said, "See, the two top girls here are the gold and silver medalists in the Olympics while the third girl was bronze winner at the world championships. So, I'm more than happy that I gave them a good fight and finished fourth here."[12]

2015[edit]
The Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships was held in the Japanese city of Hiroshima during July 31-August 2, 2015. Karmakar won the bronze in women's vault while finishing 8th in the balance beam event.[13]

In October 2015, Karmakar became the first ever Indian to qualify for the final stage of the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[14] She scored 14.900[15] in the qualification round to secure her place for the final round, where she finished 5th. In the final, she scored a total of 14.683 to rank 5th
2016[edit]

Karmakar became the first ever female gymnast from India to qualify for the Olympics when she qualified for the women's artistic gymnastics event of 2016 Summer Olympics.[16] She is the first Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics in 52 years.[5] On 7th August 2016, she became the first Indian Gymnast to enter the finals of the Olympics in any Gymnastic events. Her combined score of 14.850 in Vaults, which included a Produnova Vault placed her 8th in the overall standing enabling her to enter the finals of Women's vault event.[17]

Dipa Karmakar (born 9 August 1993, Agartala) is an Indian artistic gymnast who hails from Tripura.She represents India at the international circuit. 

She rose to recognition when she won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, held at Glasgow becoming the first Indian female gymnast to do so in the history of the games.[1]

Karmakar is one of the five women that have successfully landed the very difficult Produnova vault in competition, also holding the highest score amongst all (15.100) in her attempt

.[2] She also won a bronze at the Asian Gymnastics Championships and finished fifth at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, both a first for her country. These achievements have established her as the most successful gymnast from India.[3]

In April 2016, Karmakar became the first female Indian gymnast ever to secure an Olympic berth by garnering a total score of 52.698 points.[4]

 Additionally, she will be the first Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics in 52 years.[5] She is being supported by the GoSports Foundation[6] in her endeavor to do so.

2011[edit]
In February, Karmakar competed in the 2011 National Games of India representing Tripura. She won five golds in floor, vault, all around, balance beam and uneven bars.[8] 

She said of her performance, "I am very happy with my performance and give this credit to my coach Biswaswar Nandi who has worked very hard for me and at the same time I worked according to his coaching. I thank sir for all of these."[9]

2014[edit]
In July, at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Karmakar won a bronze medal in the women's vault final, thanks to a vault of difficulty of 7.00. She received an overall score of 14.366.[10] 

This win made her the first Indian woman to win a commonwealth gymnastics medal and the second Indian, after Ashish Kumar.[11]

At a felicitation for the CWG athletes on August 8 in Delhi, Karmakar was acknowledged by India's sporting icon Sachin Tendulkar by mentioning her in his speech saying that it was a big achievement and that he was proud of her.[3]

At the 2014 Asian Games, Karmakar finished fourth in the vault final with a score of 14.200 behind Hong Un-jong, Oksana Chusovitina, and Phan Thị Hà Thanh. After the competition, 

Karmakar said, "See, the two top girls here are the gold and silver medalists in the Olympics while the third girl was bronze winner at the world championships. So, I'm more than happy that I gave them a good fight and finished fourth here."[12]

2015[edit]

The Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships was held in the Japanese city of Hiroshima during July 31-August 2, 2015. Karmakar won the bronze in women's vault while finishing 8th in the balance beam event.[13]

In October 2015, Karmakar became the first ever Indian to qualify for the final stage of the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[14] She scored 14.900[15] in the qualification round to secure her place for the final round, where she finished 5th. In the final, she scored a total of 14.683 to rank 5th

2016[edit]
Karmakar became the first ever female gymnast from India to qualify for the Olympics when she qualified for the women's artistic gymnastics event of 2016 Summer Olympics.

[16] She is the first Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics in 52 years.[5] 

On 7th August 2016, she became the first Indian Gymnast to enter the finals of the Olympics in any Gymnastic events. Her combined score of 14.850 in Vaults, which included a Produnova Vault placed her 8th in the overall standing enabling her to enter the finals of Women's vault event.[17]