Dipa Karmakar becomes First Indian Woman Gymnast to qualify for Olympics

 Dipa Karmakar, the gymnast from Tripura, qualified for Rio Olympics 2016.

Apart from being the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, she is also the first Indian gymnast to qualify for the quadrennial event in 52 long years. Since independence, 11 Indian gymnasts - all of them males - had participated in the Olympics (two in 1952, three in 1956 and six in 1964).

She became the first Indian woman gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games when she won bronze at Glasgow in 2014.

Since 2007, Dipa has won 77 medals, including 67 golds, in state, national and international events.

She was also the first Indian to progress to the finals of the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships with a tally of 14.900. She finished fifth in the finals with a tally of 14.863.