Sushmita Rai

Sushmita Rai is an Indian kickboxer who won a silver medal in the WAKO Asian Kickboxing Championship 2015[1] and bronze medal at the World Martial Arts Masterships 2016.[2]

Home state

Sushmita Rai hails from the village of Bhasmey of Majhitar, Sikkim. Currently, she is pursuing her Bachelors in Arts from the Sikkim Government College, Tadong-Gangtok and is also a Coaching Instructor of Rey Valley International School.

Achievements

Sushmita Rai won bronze medal[3] at the World Martial Arts Masterships 2016,[4] held at Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province of South Korea in which over 1,900 athletes and officials from 81 countries competed in 17 disciplines including Kickboxing, Taekwondo, Judo and Kendo.

Coach

She is trained by B.B. Subba.[5] Before going for the WAKO World Kick-boxing Championship at Dublin, the coach said[6] "I feel that their hard work and sincerity has paid off. As a coach, it is a big achievement for me to see them reach this stage. I am hopeful that they will bring medals from the world championship for the country and State," said coach Subba.

References

  1. ↑ "WAKO ASIAN KICKBOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015 PUNE- India 1-9/08/2015".
  2. ↑ "2016CHEONGJU WORLD MARTIAL ARTS MASTERSHIPS > Event Information > Ju-Jitsu".
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "2016CHEONGJU WORLD MARTIAL ARTS MASTERSHIPS > Event Information > Kendo". 2016martial-arts.kr. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  5. ↑ "Sikkim Express - Timeline". Facebook. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  6. ↑ "Sikkim NOW!: Three from Sikkim in Indian Kick Boxing Team". Sikkimnow.blogspot.in. 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
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