Dipa Karmakar
Dipa
Karmakar 'Star of India'(born 9
August 1993, Agartala)is an Indian artistic
gymnast from Agartala, Tripura who represents India at the international circuit. She
came 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. She
is also 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. 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 despite her young age.In April 2016, she
became the first female Indian gymnast ever to secure an Olympic berth by
garnering a total score of 52.698 points. Apart from that, she will be the first
Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics after 52 years.
