Dipa Karmakar won India’s first-ever gold medal at the Asian Gymnastics Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on 26 May 2024. She secured the gold in the women’s pole-vault final with an average score of 13.566.
Dipa Karmakar Achievements
- First Indian gymnast to win a gold medal at the Asian Championships.
- First female Indian gymnast to compete in the Olympics (Rio 2016).
- Achieved fourth place in the women’s vault at the Rio 2016 Olympics, the best performance by an Indian gymnast in the Summer Games.
- First Indian to win a gold medal at an international gymnastics competition (2018 FIG World Cup in Mersin, Turkey).
Q: Who became India’s first-ever gymnast to win gold medalist at the Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on 26 May 2024?
- A) Mary Kom
- B) PV Sindhu
- C) Dipa Karmakar
- D) Saina Nehwal
Answer: C) Dipa Karmakar
