Madhumita Bisht
Madhumita Bisht | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | West Bengal, India | 5 October 1964||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Women's singles, Women's doubles, Mixed doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 28 (1992) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Madhumita Bisht (born Madhumita Goswami on 5 October 1964 at Jalpaiguri) is an Indian former badminton player from West Bengal.[3] She is an eight-time National singles champion, nine-time doubles winner and a twelve-time mixed doubles winner. She represented India in the 1992 Olympics in Women's singles discipline.[4]
Awards
[edit]- She received the Arjuna Award in 1982.
- Madhumita is recipient of the Padma Shri Award (2006).[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Madhumita BISHT". BWF. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ Akaash Dasgupta (27 August 2018). "Asian Games 2018: Historic day for Indian badminton". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Madhumita Bisht- The Iron Lady of Indian Badminton". Yahoo! News. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ One of a kind - Sportstar article
- ^ Padma Shri Awardees
External links
[edit]- Madhumita Bisht at BWFBadminton.com
- Madhumita Bisht at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
- Madhumita Bisht at Olympics.com
- Madhumita Bisht at Olympedia
- Madhumita Bisht at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)