Rashmi Kumari

Rashmi Kumari is an International Carrom champion from Bihar, India, playing since 1992. She is employed on a scholarship basis at Union Bank of India, UBI in Patna.[1] She also played for BSB in many tournaments.

Achievements
  • World champion Rashmi Kumari of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and L Rakesh Singh of Air India won the men's and women's titles in the 17th Inter-Institution National Carrom Championship in Mumbai.

National
  • Runner up: Sub junior national in 1993, 1994, and 1995; Junior national in 1995 and 1998; Senior national in 2000 and 2002.
  • Winner: Sub-junior in 1997; Junior national at Pakistan in 2000; Senior national in 2004;2005,2007,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 (eight times)

International
  • Winner 4th World Cup Carrom Championship in 2014 at Maldives
  • Winner: 6th World Carrom Championship in 2012 at Sri-Lanka, 10th,15th &17th SAARC Countries Carrom Championship in 2006, 2011 & 2013 at Sri Lanka, Maldives, and India. 2nd, 3rd and 5th Asian Carrom Championship in 2007, 2009 & 2013 at Pune (India), Raipur (India) and Kolkata (India). 5th &6th ICF CUP Carrom Championship in 2008 & 2012 at Sri Lanka & Malaysia. 1st Malaysia Open in 1999; 3rd World Carrom Championship in 2000 at Delhi;[2] 1st World Cup in Luton (U.K.) in 2001

Awards and honours
  • Ambedkar Sports and cultural Award 1995, 1996 and 1997.
  • Felicitation by Bihar State Sports, Youth and Cultural Dept., 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
  • Swami Vivekanand Youth Award 1999.

References
  1. Anand, Anisha (29 November 2012). "Rashmi Kumari: World carrom champion eyes Arjuna Award | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. "Fourth World Carrom Championship". The Sunday Leader. 3 October 2004. Retrieved 18 April 2011.


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