Nayanmoni Saikia (born 21 September 1988) is a female Indian international

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Bowls career

World Championship

In 2023, she was selected by the Indian national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship. She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.

Commonwealth Games

Saikia has represented India at three

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; in the triples and fours at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

, in the pairs and fours at the

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and in the pairs and fours at the

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. In the 2022 competition, she was part of the Indian Women's fours team, along with Lovely Choubey, Pinki Singh and Rupa Rani Tirkey which won gold medal beating South Africa in the final, 17-10.

Asian Championships

In the

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, Saikia has won gold in women's triples in 2017 and bronze in women's fours in 2018. In 2023, she won the fours gold medal at the 14th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship in Kuala Lumpur and the following year won the gold medal in the pairs at the 15th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship, held in

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, Thailand, during March 2024.

Awards

She has been awarded Arjuna Award in 2022 by Government of India.

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