Pranati Nayak
Pranati Nayak (born 6 April 1995) is an Indian artistic gymnast. She earned a bronze medal on vault at the 2019 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[3] Nayak was trained and mentored by Minara Begum until 2019, when Begum retired from the Sports Authority of India. Since then, she has been coached by Laxman Manohar Sharma. Nayak was the lone Indian gymnast to qualify for the 2020 Olympics.[4]She is the daughter of a bus driver.[5][6][7]
| Pranati Nayak | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Pranati Nayak | |||||||||||||
| Country represented |  India | |||||||||||||
| Born | 6 April 1995[1] Pingla, West Bengal, India | |||||||||||||
| Height | 144 cm (4 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Laxman Manohar Sharma[2] | |||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Minara Begum | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nayak earned a continental quota spot to the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Sri Lanka’s Milka Gehani after the cancellation of the 2021 Asian Championships.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Gold Coast 2018 - Athlete profile
- ↑ "How Pranati Nayak prepared for Tokyo 2020 in 60 days!". Samrat Chakraborty. Olympics. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ↑ "Pranati Nayak vaults to a bronze at Asian meet: For my father, a bus driver". The Indian Express. 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Gymnast Pranati Nayak to compete at Tokyo Olympics after winning Asian quota". ESPN. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ "How the daughter of a bus driver, gymnast Pranati Nayak, reached the Olympics". The Bridge. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ "In the land of Dipa Karmakar, Pranati Nayak vaults into reckoning". Nilesh Bhattacharya. The Times of India. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ "Pranati Nayak vaults to a bronze at Asian meet: For my father, a bus driver". Shivani Naik. The Indian Express. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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