Dipa Karmakar -Gymnast

                                       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.