Ravivarman Sharmila, best known as R. Sharmila (A Hindu Seli Dravida-Schedule Caste) is an Indian national

carrom Carrom is a tabletop game of Indian origin in which players flick discs, attempting to knock them to the corners of the board. The game is very popular in the Indian subcontinent, and is known by various names in different languages. In Sou ...

champion with excellent skill and control on the game. She born on 23 April 1981 to a lower-income family in

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of ...

. She started playing at 8 years of age and developed her game enough to be selected for the 1992

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil languag ...

Sub-Junior Carrom Team at age 11.

Championships

* Winner 19th Sub-Junior National in the year 1993 (Doubles) * Winner 21st Sub-Junior National in the year 1995,

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders wi ...

(Singles) * Winner Senior National in 1998, 1999, 2000 * Won 3 Federation Cup Singles titles * She brought laurels for the country, being a member of the Indian Carrom Team which defeated

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

by 3-0 in the Independence Cup Indo-Sri Lanka Test Series, held in Sri Lanka, 1998-99.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharmila, R. Tamil sportspeople Living people Indian carrom players Game players from Tamil Nadu Sportswomen from Tamil Nadu Year of birth missing (living people)