Dipa Karmakar is an Indian artistic gymnast. She came into limelight after winning a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She is a recipient of the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian award. He was also awarded the Arjuna Award in 2015 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2016 for his contribution to sports.
Dipa Karmakar received Padmashree award
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Deepa Karmakar was born on 9 August 1993 (age 30 years; as in 2023) in Agartala. His zodiac sign is Leo. She did her schooling from Abhoyanagar Nazrul Smriti Vidyalaya, Agartala and went to Women’s College to pursue her graduation in Bachelor of Arts. Deepa started practicing gymnastics at the age of just 6 years. When she started gymnastics, she had flat feet and initially felt hesitant in doing so, but it was her father who inspired her to take up the sport and pursue it. Her father worked as a weightlifting coach in the Sports Authority of India and wanted Dipa to make a name for herself in the field of sports. He took his training from coach Bisweshwar Nandi. Karmakar trained without any equipment for eight months before participating in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. However, the situation changed after the federation arranged a training camp for him. Later, GoSports Foundation supported her to pursue a career in gymnastics.
Physical Appearance
Height: 4′ 11″
Weight: 47 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family, Caste and Lovers
Deepa Karmakar belongs to a Hindu Bengali family. His father, Dulal Karmakar, is a weight lifting coach at SAI. His mother’s name is Geeta Karmakar. He has a sister, Pooja Saha.
Dipa Karmakar’s father, Dulal Karmakar
Deepa Karmakar with her mother Geeta Karmakar
Deepa Karmakar with her sister Pooja Saha
livelihood
Dipa started her career as a gymnast by competing in the National Games of India in 2011, representing Tripura. Subsequently, she competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal in the women’s vault final. Karmakar was honored by Sachin Tendulkar at the CWG felicitation ceremony. She remained consistent in her performances at various events and competitions. Karmakar won the bronze medal again at the Asian Gymnastic Championships and then the World Artistic Gymnastic Championships. After this, she went for the Rio Olympics trials and after clearing it, she received ₹30 lakh from the Sports Ministry under the Target Olympic Scheme (TOPS) for training. In 2016, she qualified for the finals at the Rio Olympics and paved the way for Indian youth to take up gymnastics as their career. In a career spanning 9 years, Karmakar has earned a total of 77 medals in state, national and world championships, of which 67 are gold. Dipa Produnova (difficulty level 7) is one of only 5 women to perform the vault. He has also made the highest record score of 15.100 in the competition.
Controversy
On 5 February 2023, he was given a 21-month ban for failing a dope test and all his results since 11 October 2021 were disqualified.
Favorite
- Cricketer: Sachin Tendulkar
Dipa Karmakar with Sachin Tendulkar
fact
- When Dipa joined gymnastics she had flat feet, a physical characteristic that affects a gymnast’s performance. However, she overcame this and was able to develop an arch in her foot through extensive training.
- From the beginning of his training till present he has been trained by Biswaswar Nandi.
- Dipa is the only Indian woman to have won a bronze medal in gymnastics at an international competition. She became the first and only woman to qualify for the Olympics in the last 52 years.
- She gives credit to her coach Bisweshwar Nandi for the success she got in her career.
Dipa Karmakar with her coach
- Karmakar has an extensive training schedule under which she trains every day from 9 am to 12:30 pm and 5 to 8:30 pm.
Dipa Karmakar practicing gymnastics
- When Dipa saw Ashish Kumar win the first gymnastics medal for India, that was the moment she promised herself to win a medal at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
- Surprisingly, she was not the first choice of the Indian Olympic team to compete in the Rio Olympics as she failed to book a place for herself in the Olympics. The selection was done through the World Championships in which she could not reach the podium and could not get any medal in the competition.
- Deepa was afraid of falling and was even afraid of stepping on the beam bar. So she started practicing balancing and keeping records of her attempts on the balance beam. At the end of the week the total reached 127.
- Karmakar was awarded the degree of D.Litt. degree by National Institute of Technology (NIT), Agartala in 2017.
NIT honored Deepa Karmakar
- He was also listed in the Forbes list of Asia’s Super Achievers under 30 in the year 2017.
- In January 2019, his autobiography, “The Small Wonder”, was launched by Sachin Tendulkar.
Launch event of Dipa Karmakar’s autobiography
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