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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Yumnam Sanathoi Devi<br />
| image = The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2015 to Ms. Y. Sanathoi Devi for Wushu, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2015.jpg<br />
| caption = The President, [[Pranab Mukherjee]] presenting the [[Arjuna Award]] for the year-2015 to Y. Sanathoi Devi for Wushu.<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1 February 1989}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Yairipok]], [[Manipur]], India<br />
| weight = 52 kg<br />
| country = India<br />
| sport = [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]]<br />
| event = [[Sanda (sport)|Sanda]]<br />
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's [[Sanda (sport)|Sanda]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}<br />
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Wushu Championships|World Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver | [[2011 World Wushu Championships|2011 Ankara]] | 48 kg}}<br />
{{MedalSilver | [[2013 World Wushu Championships|2013 Kuala Lumpur]] | 48 kg}}<br />
{{MedalSilver | [[2015 World Wushu Championships|2015 Jakarta]] | 52 kg}}<br />
{{MedalSilver | [[2019 World Wushu Championships|2019 Shanghai]] | 52 kg}}<br />
}}<br />
''' Yumnam Sanathoi Devi''' is an Indian [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]] player, martial artist and athlete. She was awarded the [[Arjuna Award]] by the [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]], [[Government of India]] in 2015 for [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]]. She won a bronze medal at the [[2014 Incheon Asian Games]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Asian Games 2014 : Y Sanathoi Devi wins bronze |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Sport1..240914.sep14 |agency=The Sangai Express |publisher=e-pao.net |date=23 September 2014}}</ref> She also won a bronze medal in the [[World Wushu Championships|2014 World Cup]] held at [[Indonesia]] and a silver medal in [[World Wushu Championships|World Championships]] in 2011 and 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Yumnam Sanathoi receives Arjuna award |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Sport1..300815.aug15 |agency=The Sangai Express |publisher=e-pao.net |date=29 August 2015}}</ref> She won the bronze medal in the 13th [[World Wushu Championships]] in November 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=India Assured of Three Medals at World Wushu Championship |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/india-assured-of-three-medals-at-world-wushu-championship-1490813 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=16 November 2015 |archive-date=16 January 2021 |access-date=13 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116141410/https://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/india-assured-of-three-medals-at-world-wushu-championship-1490813 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2016, Devi won a silver for India in 52&nbsp;kg category at the 8th Sanda World Cup, held in [[Xi'an]], [[China]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Indian wushu team win 5 medals in 8th Sanda World Cup |url=https://dt.andaman.gov.in/DetailNews.aspx?newsid=/QzciVTis29KpjYBNdrQrYezyagP3fzYkyXcSqsr24c= |publisher=dt.andaman.gov.in |date=8 November 2016 |archive-date=10 January 2024 |access-date=13 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110053831/https://dt.andaman.gov.in/DetailNews.aspx?newsid=/QzciVTis29KpjYBNdrQrYezyagP3fzYkyXcSqsr24c= |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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She hails from [[Yairipok]] Top Chingtha village in [[Thoubal district]] of [[Manipur]], India. She took up traditional Chinese martial arts [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]] in 2003 under the guidance of Maibam Surbala Devi and later under Moirangthem Ibomcha Meitei.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
She was awarded by the [[Government of India]], the prestigious [[Arjuna Award]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arjuna awardee Yumnam Sanathoi Devi accorded warm welcome |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Sport3..310815.aug15 |publisher=E-pao |date=30 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Barua |first1=Suhrid |title=World Wushu Championship silver medallist Sanathoi Devi won't settle without a gold |url=https://thebridge.in/featured/world-wushu-championship-silver-medallist-sanathoi-devi-wont-settle-without-gold/ |publisher=The Bridge |date=20 November 2019}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian sanshou practitioners]]<br />
[[Category:Indian female martial artists]]<br />
[[Category:Martial artists from Manipur]]<br />
[[Category:Sportswomen from Manipur]]<br />
[[Category:People from Thoubal district]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in wushu]]<br />
[[Category:Wushu practitioners at the 2010 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Wushu practitioners at the 2014 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Wushu practitioners at the 2018 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:1989 births]]<br />
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