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'''Mantu Debnath''' (also spelt as '''Montu Debnath''') is an Indian [[gymnast]] from | {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} | ||
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'''Mantu Debnath''' (also spelt as '''Montu Debnath''') is an Indian [[gymnast]] from [[Tripura]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Flipping through the pages of Tripura's gymnastics glory|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Flipping-through-the-pages-of-Tripuras-gymnastics-glory/articleshow/54289632.cms|access-date=2022-10-08|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en|first=Aditya|last=Bhattacharya|date=13 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-09-10|title=Battling odds to make name in sport|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/569649/battling-odds-make-name-sport.html|access-date=2020-08-07|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref> He won gold medals at national level competition,<ref name=":0" /> became the first Indian gymnast to win an international competition in [[Russia]] in 1969<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-04-26|title=How a giant leap by Dipa Karmakar bolstered the aspirations of tiny Tripura |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/giant-leap-dipa-karmakar-bolstered-aspirations-tiny-tripura-2747942.html|access-date=2020-08-07|website=Firstpost}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2014-08-19|title=Leap to gold|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/leap-to-gold/|access-date=2020-08-07|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> and won the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1975 for his contributions in gymnastics.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Dipa revives gymnastics legacy in Tripura – Mysuru Today|url=https://citytoday.news/dipa-revives-gymnastics-legacy-in-tripura/|access-date=2020-08-07|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2020-02-06|title=Arjuna Award Winners 2020 {{!}} List of Previous Arjuna Awardees By Year|url=https://theprizewinner.com/arjuna-award-winners/|access-date=2020-08-07|website=The Prize Winner|language=en-US|archive-date=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815053510/https://theprizewinner.com/arjuna-award-winners/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mantu is also the second Indian Arjuna awardee for gymnastics after [[Sham Lal (gymnast)|Sham Lal]]<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> and the first Arjuna awardee from [[Tripura]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He was trained by [[Dalip Singh (gymnastics coach)|Dalip Singh]].<ref name=":3" /> | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Gymnastics in India]] | * [[Gymnastics in India]] | ||
* [[Arjuna Award]] | * [[Arjuna Award]] | ||
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[[Category:Indian male artistic gymnasts]] | [[Category:Indian male artistic gymnasts]] | ||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics |
Mantu Debnath (also spelt as Montu Debnath) is an Indian gymnast from Tripura.[1][2] He won gold medals at national level competition,[1] became the first Indian gymnast to win an international competition in Russia in 1969[3][4] and won the Arjuna Award in 1975 for his contributions in gymnastics.[1][5][6] Mantu is also the second Indian Arjuna awardee for gymnastics after Sham Lal[6][5] and the first Arjuna awardee from Tripura.[1][4] He was trained by Dalip Singh.[5]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bhattacharya, Aditya (13 September 2016). "Flipping through the pages of Tripura's gymnastics glory". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ↑ "Battling odds to make name in sport". Deccan Herald. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ↑ "How a giant leap by Dipa Karmakar bolstered the aspirations of tiny Tripura". Firstpost. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Leap to gold". The Indian Express. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Dipa revives gymnastics legacy in Tripura – Mysuru Today". Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Arjuna Award Winners 2020 | List of Previous Arjuna Awardees By Year". The Prize Winner. 6 February 2020. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
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