“If you want to achieve something in life you have to take a risk”
Dipa Karmakar (born August 9, 1993) is an Indian artistic gymnast who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, becoming the first Indian gymnast to do so in history and the second Indian overall. after Ashish Kumar in the gymnastics world. challenge cup. She had qualified for the 2016 finals at the Rio Olympics and became the first Indian gymnast in the past 52 years. She is one of only five women who have successfully attempted the Produnova (difficulty level 7), which is considered a very difficult and risky jump to perform in women’s gymnastics. Unfortunately, she missed the medal by finishing fourth in the final of the Rio 2016 events with a score of 15,066. She also won a bronze medal at the Asian Gymnastics Championships for nine years; He has collected 77 medals of which 67 are gold medals in state, national and world championships.
He received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the Padma Shri Award from the Government of India and is among the Forbes list of Asian Superstars under 30 years of age in 2017. He is supported by the Government of Sports Foundation under the frame by Rahul Dravid. Mentoring program for athletes. In October 2015, she became the first Indian gymnast to qualify or in the final stage of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, where she finished first with an average of two jumps of 14,683. She won a gold medal at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup jumping event in Turkey in July 2018, becoming her first Indian gymnastics to finish first in an international event.
Life lesson – The golden queen ‘Produnova’ of India, Dipa, started her gymnastics at the age of 6; however, the Sports Authority of India denied accepting her as a trainee because she had flat feet, which affects the quality of jumps and landing. Unfortunately, it is considered an undesirable attribute for a gymnast. But as said, “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” Winners like her never give up, with the help of her long-term coach, Bisbeshwar Nandi, she worked on her feet and with years of practice and preparation was able to develop an arch in her foot. In addition to his origin from a small town, he faced several other problems, such as the availability of a good platform, adequate food, adequate condition and equipment for the gym, lack of social and financial support, etc., although the value and the Determination was her greatest asset and she never looked back.