Budda Aruna Reddy (born 25 December 1995) is an Indian female

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, representing at international competitions. She won bronze medal in 2018 World Cup Gymnastics in women's vault event in

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. She created history by becoming the first Indian to clinch a medal at Gymnastics World Cup. She competed at world championships, including the

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in Antwerp, Belgium. She is supported by

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through the

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athlete mentorship programme.

Early life

Aruna Reddy was born in

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, Telangana to Subadhra and Narayana Reddy, an accountant. She has an elder sister, Pavani Reddy, a Company Secretary. She completed her Intermediate from St Mary's Junior College,

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in 2013 and

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from

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in 2017. She has black belt in

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and was a trainer until she joined gymnastics.

Early Gymnastics Career

When Aruna Reddy was five years old, her father pulled her out of

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

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, 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

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International Gymnastics career

Aruna participated in the World Championships in 2013, 2014 2017, & 2019 at Antwerp,

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, & Stuttgart respectively, but failed to progress beyond the qualifying rounds.

World cup bronze medal

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. Aruna dedicated her win to her late father who inspired her to realize her potential. She received ₹2 crore cash award from the

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,KCR announces Rs 2 cr prize money for gymnast Aruna
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K. Chandrashekar Rao Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 17 February 1954), often referred to by his initials KCR, is an Indian politician serving as the first and current Chief Minister of Telangana, Chief Minister of Telangana since 2 June 2014. He is the founder ...

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 17th – 19th December, 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Aruna 1995 births Living people Sportswomen from Hyderabad, India Indian female artistic gymnasts Place of birth missing (living people) Gymnasts at the 2014 Asian Games Gymnasts at the 2018 Asian Games Gymnasts at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Asian Games competitors for India Commonwealth Games competitors for India