The Most Famous
GYMNASTS from India
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Indian Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous Indian Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Dipa Karmakar (b. 1993)
With an HPI of 20.38, Dipa Karmakar is the most famous Indian Gymnast. Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Dipa Karmakar (born 9 August 1993) is an Indian former artistic gymnast. She is the first Indian female gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games. At the 2016 Olympics, in the vault event, she missed a medal by just 0.15 points. Karmakar is one of only five women in the world to have mastered the Produnova vault. In 2024, she announced her retirement from gymnastics. Karmakar first gained attention when she won a bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, becoming the first Indian female gymnast to do so in the history of the Games. She also won a bronze at the Asian Championships and finished fifth at the 2015 World Championships, both firsts for any Indian athlete. Karmakar represented India at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the first Indian female gymnast ever to compete in the Olympics. She was also the first Indian gymnast in any discipline to compete at the Olympics since the 1964 Summer Olympics 52 years ago. Karmakar finished fourth in the vault in Rio, with an overall score of 15.066. In July 2018, she became the first Indian gymnast to win a gold medal at a global event, when she finished first in the vault event of the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup at Mersin, Turkey. She is one of the only five women who have successfully landed the Produnova, which is regarded as one of the most difficult vaults of those currently being performed in women's gymnastics. She is a recipient of the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India. For her performance in Rio Olympics 2016, the Government of India conferred upon her the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award in August 2016.
2. Pranati Nayak (b. 1995)
With an HPI of 0.00, Pranati Nayak is the 2nd most famous Indian Gymnast. Her biography has been translated into different languages.
Pranati Nayak (born 6 April 1995) is an Indian artistic gymnast. She is the 2019 Asian Championships vault bronze medalist. She is the third Indian gymnast to win an international medal on the vault, after Dipa Karmakar and Aruna Reddy. She represented India at the 2020 Summer Olympics and is only the second Indian female gymnast to qualify for the Olympic Games. She is also the 2019 Indian all-around champion. She represented India at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games. She also competed at the 2014, 2017, and 2019 World Championships.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Indian gymnasts born between 1993 and 1995. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Indian gymnasts include Dipa Karmakar, and Pranati Nayak. As of April 2024, 1 new Indian gymnasts have been added to Pantheon including Pranati Nayak.
