Rashmi Kumari is an International

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champion from

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, playing since 1992. She is employed on a scholarship basis at Union Bank of India, UBI in

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. 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

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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

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Open in 1999; 3rd World Carrom Championship in 2000 at Delhi; 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

*https://web.archive.org/web/20071224110156/http://psca.ca.pn/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20090416184114/http://sportal.nic.in/front.asp?maincatid=51&headingid=71 Indian carrom players Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Sportswomen from Bihar Place of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Patna Game players from Bihar {{India-sport-bio-stub