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19 Jun 2023

Bhavani Devi Wins India's First Ever Medal At Asian Fencing Championships

The 29-year-old settled for bronze after suffering a close 15-14 loss to Uzbekistan`s world No.79 Zaynab Dayibekova in the semifinals.

10 Aug 2022

Bhavani Devi Defends Her Commonwealth Fencing Championship Title

After becoming the first-ever Indian Fencer to have qualified for the Olympics at Tokyo, the Chennai-born fencer who represents Tamil Nadu has had a steady rise in her performance in 2022.

24 Dec 2021

Olympian fencer Bhavani Devi receives Rs 8.16 lakh to compete in four FIE WCs

Indian fencer Bhavani Devi receives an amount of Rs 8.16 lakhs to participate in four international fencing events.

18 Oct 2021

Bhavani Devi wins fencing competition in France

The 28year old Indian Fencer Bhavani Devi won the Charlellville National Competition in France in the women's individual sabre event.

28 Sep 2021

Olympian Bhavani Devi's sword in e-auction of gifts received by PM Modi

Bhavani Devi gave the sword to PM Modi with which she won her first match in Tokyo Olympics Earlier also, the gifts received by the Prime Minister have been auctioned

30 Jul 2021

Mary Kom has inspired me: Bhavani Devi

India's first fencer at the Olympics CA Bhavani Devi penned a heartfelt appreciation note to Indian boxing great MC Mary Kom after she exited from Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

27 Jul 2021

You gave your best and that is all that counts, PM Modi tells fencer Bhavani

PM Modi on July 25 praised CA Bhavani Devi, India's first-ever fencer in the Olympics He told her that the country is very proud of her contributions. Prime Minister's words of encouragement came after Bhavani Devi lost to the world number three in Tokyo Olympics.

26 Jul 2021

Tokyo Olympics: History-maker Bhavani Devi crashes out from Round of 32

Bhavani dominated that match from the word go as fencer reached 8 points without a reply from Tunisian youngster in the first half. Nadia couldn’t hold much in the second half too.

26 Jul 2021

Bhavani Devi creates HISTORY, wins 1st-ever fencing match for India at Games

The fencer who touches the 15 point-mark first, is declared winner. Bhavani now has a tough second round opponent in Frenchwoman Manon Brunet, a semifinalist at the Rio Olympics.

19 Mar 2021

Bhavani Devi, India's star fencer, opens up on her dreams and challenges

Bhavani Devi is India's first fencer to qualify for Olympics The sabre fencer hails from Chennai

15 Mar 2021

Tokyo Games: Bhavani Devi becomes first Indian fencer to qualify for Olympics

The eight-time national champion had failed to qualify for the Rio Olympics. However, she stepped up efforts to secure qualification for the Tokyo games and continued to train in Italy under coach Nicola Zanotti before the COVID-19-induced shutdown halted the qualification process. Recalling her struggles early in the career, he said Bhavani Devi did not give up during tough times early (in her fencing career) and worked hard to achieve her goals. Bhavani Devi, who is the first Indian fencer to win gold at an international event, did not let the COVID-19 enforced lockdown affect her preparations and had trained with coach Zanotti having online sessions.

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