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| DEEPIKA KUMARI |
Deepika Kumari (born 13 June 1994) is an Indian athlete who competes in the event of archery, is currently ranked World No. 5, and is a former world number one.[2][3] She won a gold medal in the 2010 Commonwealth games in the women's individual recurve event. She also won a gold medal in the same competition in the women's team recurve event along with Dola Banerjee and Bombayala Devi.[4]
Kumari qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the Women's Individual and Women's teamevents, finishing in eighth place in the latter.[5]
She was conferred the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award in the year 2012 by President of India Pranab Mukherjee.[6] In February 2014, she was honored with FICCI Sportsperson of the Year Award.[7] The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016.[8]
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