Mirabai Chanu bagged ‘BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year’ award 2021
Highlights:
- Olympic silver medallist weightlifter, Mirabai Chanu won the 3rd edition of the BBC Indian Sportswoman of The Year award 2021.
- Chanu created history last year when she became the first Indian weightlifter to clinch a silver medal at the Summer Olympics.
- Chanu won the gold medal in the 48kg division at the 2017 World Championships in Anaheim and followed up with Commonwealth Games gold in 2018.
- The BBC Emerging Player award was presented to 18-year-old cricketer Shafali Verma, who has recently been playing at the Women’s World Cup in New Zealand. In 2021, Verma became the youngest Indian cricketer, male or female, to play in all three formats for the national team.
- The first Indian woman to have won a medal at the Olympics in 2000, former weightlifter Karnam Malleswari was presented the ‘BBC Lifetime Achievement’ award.
- Olympians and the Paralympians from the Tokyo Games were also honoured in this edition of BBC ISWOTY.
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