Phupu Lhamu Khatri ( ne, फुपु लामु खत्री; born 5 October 1996) is a

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

i female

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and Olympian. She won a gold medal for

at the

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, and went on to bag the Female Player of the Year Award at the NSJF Pulsar Sports Award in the same year. Khatri has been playing for the senior team since 2012. She claimed a silver medal in Ranking Judo held in

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in 2015. In the same year, she claimed bronze in the JUA Junior Championship held in

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. For her gold medal haul in SAG, she eased past her opponents from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan by

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before beating an Indian opponent for gold. Khatri represented Nepal in the

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category at the

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. She was defeated by

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in the round of 32. In light of her excellent performance in the South Asian Games, she was also chosen to be the

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for Nepal at the

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Early life

Khatri was born in a remote village of

Lelep Lelep is a village development committee in the Himalayas of Taplejung District in the Province No. 1 of north-eastern Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, ...

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. Her father, Dorje Khatri, was a trekking entrepreneur who died in

2015 Mount Everest avalanches During the afternoon of 25 April 2015, a MW 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal and surrounding countries. Shaking from the quake triggered an avalanche from Pumori into Base Camp on Mount Everest. At least twenty-two people were killed, surpassing an ...

. As a child, she was drawn to

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and had joined the Multi-Purpose Martial Arts Center in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khatri, Phupu Lhamu 1996 births Living people People from Taplejung District Olympic judoka for Nepal Nepalese female judoka Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2014 Asian Games Judoka at the 2018 Asian Games South Asian Games gold medalists for Nepal Asian Games competitors for Nepal South Asian Games medalists in judo