Aruna Reddy
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| Full name | Budda Aruna Reddy | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 December 1995 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 4 ft 8 in (142 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented | India (2013) | ||||||||||||||
| College team | St. Mary's College, Hyderabad | ||||||||||||||
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Budda Aruna Reddy (born 25 December 1995) is an Indian female artistic gymnast, representing at international competitions. She won bronze medal in 2018 World Cup Gymnastics in women's vault event in Melbourne. She created history by becoming the first Indian to clinch a medal at Gymnastics World Cup. She competed at world championships, including the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.[2] She is supported by GoSports Foundation through the Rahul Dravid athlete mentorship programme.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Aruna Reddy was born in Hyderabad, Telangana to Subadhra and Narayana Reddy, an accountant. She has an elder sister, Pavani Reddy, a Company Secretary.[3] She completed her Intermediate from St Mary's Junior College, Basheerbagh in 2013[4] and B.Com from St. Mary's College, Hyderabad in 2017.[5] She has black belt in karate and was a trainer until she joined gymnastics.
Early Gymnastics Career
[edit | edit source]When Aruna Reddy was five years old, her father pulled her out of karate and enrolled her in gymnastics, when he spotted that she had the flexibility and build for a gymnast. Her father then enrolled Aruna under the tutelage of coaches, Swarnalatha and Ravinder at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad.
Swarnalatha's husband Giriraj took Aruna under his wings after noticing her talent. Giriraj died in an accident in 2008 and Aruna has since been training under coach Brij Kishore with whom she won medals at three National Games of India.
International Gymnastics career
[edit | edit source]Aruna participated in the World Championships in 2013, 2014 2017, & 2019 at Antwerp, Nanning, Montreal, & Stuttgart respectively, but failed to progress beyond the qualifying rounds.[6]
World cup bronze medal
[edit | edit source]She competed at the 2018 Gymnastics World Cup and created history after becoming the first Indian to win a medal in an individual event at the Gymnastics World Cup by claiming a bronze medal in the women's individual vault event.[7][8]
Aruna dedicated her win to her late father who inspired her to realize her potential. She received ₹2 crore cash award from the Chief Minister of Telangana,[9] K. Chandrashekar Rao for her feat.
Aruna has won Two Gold Medals in the Table vault and Floor Events in the EGYPTIAN PHARAOHS CUP 2021, held in Cairo, Egypt from 17 – 19 December 2021.
References
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External links
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Hyderabad, India
- Sportswomen from Telangana
- Indian female artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 2014 Asian Games
- Gymnasts at the 2018 Asian Games
- Gymnasts at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century Indian sportswomen
- Asian Games competitors for India
- Commonwealth Games competitors for India