Dipa Karmarkar

Dipa Karmarkar: What Did It Take For India’s First Female Gymnast To Make It To The Olympics?

Dipa Karmarkar became the first Indian female gymnast in India's history to win a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Agartala native became the first Indian female gymnast and the first Indian gymnast in 52 years to compete. Even after finishing fourth in the Women's Vault Gymnastics tournament in Rio with a total rating of 15.066, the 25-year-old had no idea that the entire nation would praise her as the champion. Karmarkar managed to land the Produnova vault flawlessly, which is considered the toughest vault usually performed in wo | Click Here...