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{{Short description|Indian handball player}}
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'''Bhawana Sharma''' (born 2003) is a handball player from [[Himachal Pradesh]]. She plays for the [[India women's national handball team|India women’s National Handball team]] as centre back.

== Early life ==
Sharma is from Navgaon, [[Kunihar]], [[Solan district]], Himachal Pradesh, India. Her father, Hem Raj, is a farmer and also works as a car mechanic during the off season. She is the youngest of three sisters, all handball players. She started playing handball in Class 6. The eldest sister, Nidhi, a former Indian player, got a government job in sports quota and her other sister, Mithali is also in the Indian senior team. The three girls were spotted and trained initially by former Indian handball couple Snehalatha and Sachin Chaudhary.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-12-09 |title=Solan's Bhawna Sharma shines for India at Asian Handball Championships |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/solans-bhawna-sharma-shines-for-india-at-asian-handball-championships-101733765192597.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117065412/https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/solans-bhawna-sharma-shines-for-india-at-asian-handball-championships-101733765192597.html |archive-date=17 January 2025 |access-date=2025-07-11 |work=Hindustan Times |language=en-us |url-status=live }}</ref> All three sisters represented India in the 2023 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Competition Athletes {{!}} The 19th Asian Games |url=https://www.ocagames.com/HZ_Info/AG2022-/en/results/all-sports/athletes.htm |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=www.ocagames.com}}</ref>

== Career ==
Sharma was part of the Indian senior when India made their debut in the [[IHF Women's Junior World Championship|2022 IHF Women’s Junior World Championship]]. India had two wins and finished 26th in the championship. Sharma finished as the third top scorer in the tournament with 58 goals, only four less than the top scorers [[Kim Molenaar]] and [[Charlotte Cholevová|Charlotte Cholevova]]. Her average of 8.29 goals per game was also third in the competition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IHF {{!}} Five talking points after the conclusion of the 2022 IHF Women's Junior World Championship |url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/five-talking-points-after-conclusion-2022-ihf-womens-junior-world-championship |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=www.ihf.info}}</ref> Earlier, she was part of the Indian team that won the [[Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship]] in 2022. The win helped India qualify for their IHF World Championship qualification ever.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IHF {{!}} India win debut continental title at Asian Women's Junior Championship |url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/india-win-debut-continental-title-asian-womens-junior-championship |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=www.ihf.info}}</ref>

In 2023, she was part of the Indian women's team at the Asian Games at Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China. This is the fifth Asian Games for the Indian women's team. They finished third in a tough group behind Japan and China and failed to advance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peesara |first=Anuraag |date=30 September 2023 |title=Asian Games 2023 handball: Indian women's team's campaigns ends in group stage |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/asian-games-2023-hangzhou-women-handball-schedule-results-india |access-date=11 July 2025 |website=Olympics}}</ref>

In December 2024, she represented India in the [[Asian Women's Handball Championship|Asian Women’s Handball Championship 2024]] at the Indira Gandhi Arena in New Delhi. She performed well to bag the 'Player of the March' honour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2024 |title=Asian Women's Handball Championship 2024: India begin campaign with win over Hong Kong China |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/asian-women-handball-championship-2024-india-vs-hong-kong-china-report |access-date=11 July 2025 |website=Olympics}}</ref> India finished sixth, their best ever result in the Asian event.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-10 |title=India finish 6th at Asian Women's Handball Championship 2024 |url=https://thebridge.in/handball/india-finish-6th-at-asian-womens-championship-2024-51039 |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref>

=== Domestic ===
In April 2022, Sharma was part of the Himachal Pradesh senior women's team that won the 50th Senior Women’s National Handball Championship at the Saroornagar Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad under the aegis of the then [[Handball Federation of India]]. Sharma won the best player of the tournament award. Himachal Pradesh also won the Senior Nationals in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IHF {{!}} Himachal Pradesh take title at 50th Senior Women's National Handball Championship |url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/himachal-pradesh-take-title-50th-senior-womens-national-handball-championship |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=www.ihf.info}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:2003 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian women's handball players]]
[[Category:People from Solan district]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]
[[Category:Handball players at the 2022 Asian Games]]

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