India's athletes, on one page.
Olympic medallists, world champions and rising stars — Indian athletes by default, with international profiles a filter away.
6 athlete profiles
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A. Maria Irudayam
Anthony Maria Irudayam (born 1956 in Chennai, India) is a two-time World Carrom Champion and nine-time national champion of India. He was awarded the prestigious Arjuna Award, a sporting honour presented by the Government of India, in 1996. As of 2007, he is the only person to have received the award for carrom.
K. Srinivas
K. Srinivas (born 28 October 1993) was the Indian national carrom champion and the winner of the 4th Carrom World Cup held at the Maldives. He won numerous title in men's single and double tournaments held around the globe. He was felicitated by women's national carrom champion P. Nirmala, and congratulated for winning the men's singles national championship.
Kajal Kumari
Kajal Kumari (born 1999) is an Indian female carrom player who represents India internationally and also works as an officer at the Indian Oil. During the 2018 Carrom World Cup, she created history by becoming the first ever woman to clinch the overall combined Swiss League title after defeating defending Swiss League champion Chamil Cooray of Sri Lanka in the combined Swiss League final.
Ravivarman Sharmila
Ravivarman Sharmila, widely known as R. Sharmila, is an Indian carrom champion from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. One of the most decorated women carrom players in Indian history, she has won multiple Senior National Championships, Federation Cup titles, and represented India at the international level including the SAARC Carrom Championship and the World Carrom Championship.
S. Apoorva
Saikumar Apoorva (born 1981) also popularly known by her short name S. Apoorva also spelt as either S. Apoorwa or S. Appoorwa is an Indian carrom player and a defending carrom world champion in women's singles. She also currently works as a senior administrative officer in Life Insurance Corporation of India. She is also the first world champion in any sport to have emerged from the city of Hyderabad.
S. Ilavazhagi
S. Ilavazhagi also known as S. Ilavazhaki (born 1984) is an Indian who has twice won the carrom world cup. She is considered one of the finest carrom players to have represented India at international level from Tamil Nadu state after A. Maria Irudayam.