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| {{short description|Indian martial art athlete from Manipur|bot=PearBOT 5}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Wangkhem Sandhyarani Devi]] |
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| {{MedalCompetition|[[World Wushu Championships|World Championship]]}}
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| {{MedalBronze| [[2013 World Wushu Championships|2013 Kuala Lumpur]] |Women's Sanshou 60kg}}
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| {{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
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| {{MedalSilver| [[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]] |Women's Sanshou 60kg}}
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| {{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Martial Arts Games]]}}
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| {{MedalSilver| [[2009 Asian Martial Arts Games|2009 Bangkok]] |Women’s Sanshou 56 kg}}
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| [[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2011 to Ms. Wangkhem Sandhyarani Devi for Wushu, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2011.jpg|220px|thumb|right|The President [[Pratibha Devisingh Patil]] presenting the [[Arjuna Award]] for the year-2011 to Wangkhem Sandhyarani Devi for Wushu, in a glittering ceremony, at [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], in [[New Delhi]] on August 29, 2011]]
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| '''Sandhyarani Devi Wangkhem''' (Born 1 February 1983)<ref>[http://www.gz2010.cn/info/ENG_ENG/ZB/ZBB101A_WU@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG_number=219633.html - Sandhyarani devi Profile]</ref> is an [[India]]n [[martial art]] athlete from [[Manipur]],<ref>[http://way2online.com/?p=103120 - Asian Games wushu: Sandhyarani settles for a silver ]</ref> who participates in Women's Sanshou ([[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]]) 56 kg category.
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| Sandhyarani won a Silver medal at the [[2010 Asian Games]] in [[Guangzhou]], [[China]]. Fighting with a calf injury, she was defeated by Iranian [[Khadijeh Azadpour]], who was the defending champion in 60 kg category. She had sustained the injury in the semi-final win against [[Laos]]' [[Paloy Barckkam]], due to this her kicking ability was severely hampered <ref>[http://tprone.com/tag/sandhyarani-devi-wangkhem/ - Sandhyarani Devi Wangkhem Wins Silver for India in Women’s Wushu Sanshou in the Asian Games 2010 : Guangzhou]</ref> and she had to play defensively. Sandhyarani fought in 60 kg category as the 56 kg category was not included in the games schedule.
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| She has previously won a Bronze medal in 2008 Asian Championships in [[Macau]] and Silver medal at [[2009 Asian Martial Arts Games]] in Women's Sanshou 56 kg.
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| Sandhyarani is a [[Central Reserve Police Force]] constable and hails from eastern state of Manipur. She belongs to the Thoubal district where the freestyle form of Sanshou is popular.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/wushu-wondergirl/712854/0 - Wushu Wonder Girl - IndianExpress]</ref> Sandhyarani was a boxer but later shifted to Wushu since it was more all-round.<ref>http://www.mid-day.com/specials/2010/nov/281110-wushu-asian-martial-arts-sandhyarani-devi-wangkhem.htm</ref>
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| [[Category:Asian Games medalists in wushu]]
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| [[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]
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| [[Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games]]
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| [[Category:Martial artists from Manipur]]
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| [[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
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