Madhumita Bisht

Indian badminton player

Badminton player
Madhumita Bisht
Personal information
Country India
Born (1964-10-05) 5 October 1964 (age 59)
West Bengal, India
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
HandednessRight [1]
Women's singles, Women's doubles, Mixed doubles
Highest ranking28 (1992)
Medal record
Representing  India
Women's badminton
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala lumpur Women's team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1982 New Delhi Women's Team [2]

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

  • She received the Arjuna Award in 1982.
  • Madhumita is recipient of the Padma Shri Award (2006).[5]

References

  1. ^ "Madhumita BISHT". BWF. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. ^ Akaash Dasgupta (27 August 2018). "Asian Games 2018: Historic day for Indian badminton". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Madhumita Bisht- The Iron Lady of Indian Badminton". Yahoo! News. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  4. ^ One of a kind - Sportstar article
  5. ^ Padma Shri Awardees

External links

  • Madhumita Bisht at BWF.tournamentsoftware.comEdit on Wikidata
  • Madhumita Bisht at BWFbadminton.comEdit on Wikidata
  • Madhumita Bisht at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
  • Madhumita Bisht at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)Edit on Wikidata
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