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Download Solution PDF'Ace against Odds' is an autobiography by ______.
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Sania Mirza.
Key Points
- Sania Mirza
- She is a professional tennis player from India.
- She is a former world No. 1 in doubles and has six Grand Slam titles to her credit.
- From 2003 until her retirement from singles in 2013, she was ranked by the Women's Tennis Association as India's No. 1 player.
- Sania Mirza has also been conferred with the Arjuna Award in 2004, Padma Shri in 2006, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (now called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award) in 2015, and the Padma Bhushan in 2016.
Additional Information
- Hima Das
- Hima Das, also known as Dhing Express, is a sprinter from Assam, India.
- She currently owns the Indian national record in the 400 metres, clocking a time of 50.79 seconds at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- On September 25, 2018, the President of India presented her with the Arjuna Award.
- Dutee Chand
- Dutee Chand is a professional sprinter from Odisha, India who is currently the national champion in the women's 100 metres.
- She is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in a global 100 m race.
- At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Chand won two medals. Chand's silver medal in the women's 100m finals was India's first in the category in 32 years since PT Usha's performance in 1986.
- She is only the third Indian woman to ever qualify for the Summer Olympic Games in the Women's 100-meter event.
- "Fiercely Female: The Dutee Chand Story” by Sundeep Mishra is a book written on Dutee Chand's life.
- Mary Kom
- Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom OLY, from Manipur, is an Indian politician, amateur boxer, and incumbent Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.
- A six-time AIBA Women's Boxing Champion, Mary Kom is a renowned athlete and face of women boxing in India.
- Mary Kom was honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in 2020, the second-highest civilian award, by President Ram Nath Kovind.
- "Unbreakable: An Autobiography" book by Mary Kom.
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