30 Facts About Dipa Karmakar

Dipa Karmakar is an Indian former artistic gymnast.

Dipa Karmakar is the first Indian female gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games.

Dipa Karmakar first gained attention when she won a bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, becoming the first Indian female gymnast to do so in the history of the Games.

Dipa Karmakar won a bronze at the Asian Championships and finished fifth at the 2015 World Championships, both firsts for any Indian athlete.

Dipa Karmakar represented India at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the first Indian female gymnast ever to compete in the Olympics.

Dipa Karmakar was the first Indian gymnast in any discipline to compete at the Olympics since the 1964 Summer Olympics 52 years ago.

Dipa Karmakar finished fourth in the vault in Rio, with an overall score of 15.066.

Dipa Karmakar is one of the only five women who have successfully landed the Produnova, which is regarded as one of the most difficult vaults of those currently being performed in women's gymnastics.

Dipa Karmakar is a recipient of the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India.

When she began gymnastics, Dipa Karmakar had flat feet, an undesirable physical trait in a gymnast because it affects their performance.

Since 2007, Dipa Karmakar has won 77 medals, including 67 gold, in state, national and international championships.

Dipa Karmakar was part of the Indian gymnastics contingent at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, Asia.

In February, Dipa Karmakar competed in the 2011 National Games of India, representing Tripura.

Dipa Karmakar won gold medals in the all-around and all four events: floor, vault, balance beam and uneven bars.

In July, at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Dipa Karmakar won a bronze medal in the women's vault final, thanks largely to her Produnova vault, which had a difficulty value of 7.00.

Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian woman to win a Commonwealth Games gymnastics medal, and the second Indian overall, after Ashish Kumar.

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

In October 2015, Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian gymnast to qualify for a final stage at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Dipa Karmakar scored 14.900 on vault in the qualification round to secure her place for the finals, where she finished 5th with a two-vault average of 14.683.

On 10 August 2016 at the 2016 Olympic Test Event, Dipa Karmakar became the first female gymnast from India to qualify for the final vault event at the Olympics, with a score of 14.833.

Dipa Karmakar missed out on the bronze medal, finishing fourth in the finals of the event with a score of 15.066 on 14 August 2016 at the Gymnastics Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Dipa Karmakar is only the fifth woman in gymnastics history to land the Produnova vault, or the handspring double front.

Dipa Karmakar nursed an injury throughout the latter half of 2017; she had injured her knee while practising for the trials of the 2017 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Dipa Karmakar withdrew from the selection trials for the Indian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, citing her lack of preparedness.

Dipa Karmakar's coach said that although she was healthy again, the lengthy rehabilitation process had restricted her training.

Dipa Karmakar won a gold medal in the vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup at Mersin, Turkey in July 2018.

Dipa Karmakar thus became the first Indian gymnast to win a gold medal at a global event.

Dipa Karmakar failed to qualify for the vault final at the 2018 Asian Games.

Dipa Karmakar hurt her right knee, on which she had undergone surgery for an injury while landing during a practice session ahead of her participation in the women's qualification for team and apparatus finals.

Since 2017, Dipa Karmakar has been supported by the GoSports Foundation under the Rahul Dravid Athlete Mentorship Programme.