Sakshi Kumari (born 29 November 1996) is an Indian

kabaddi Kabaddi is a contact team sport. Played between two teams of seven players, the objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of the court, touch out as many of their ...

player. In 2022, she was awarded the Arjuna Award.

Career

Kumari was a member of the kabaddi team that won the silver medal at the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 Augus ...

, as well as the team that won a gold at the

2019 South Asian Games The 2019 South Asian Games, officially the XIII South Asian Games, was a major multi-sport event which was originally slated to be held from 9 to 18 March 2019 in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal. However, the dates were postponed and the event was ...

References

Living people Indian female kabaddi players Kabaddi players at the 2018 Asian Games Kabaddi players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Asian Games medalists in kabaddi Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in kabaddi 1996 births {{India-sport-bio-stub