Pranati Nayak

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Full name: Pranati Nayak
Country Represented:  India
Height: 144 cm
Discipline: WAG
Level: Senior International Elite
Head coach(es): Laxman Manohar Sharma[1]
Former coach(es): Minara Begum

Pranati Nayak is an Indian gymnast. She was born on 6 April 1995. She won a bronze medal in the vault event at the 2019 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[2] Until 2019, Minara Begum was Nayak's trainer and teacher. When Minara Begum retired from the Sports Authority of India, Nayak trained with Laxman Manohar Sharma. She was the only Indian gymnast to qualify for the 2020 Olympics.[3] Her father is a bus driver.[4][5][6]

Nayak earned a continental quota spot to the 2020 Summer Olympics after the cancellation of the 2021 Asian Championships.[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "How Pranati Nayak prepared for Tokyo 2020 in 60 days!". Samrat Chakraborty. Olympics. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Pranati Nayak vaults to a bronze at Asian meet: For my father, a bus driver". The Indian Express. 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Gymnast Pranati Nayak to compete at Tokyo Olympics after winning Asian quota". ESPN. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "How the daughter of a bus driver, gymnast Pranati Nayak, reached the Olympics". The Bridge. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "In the land of Dipa Karmakar, Pranati Nayak vaults into reckoning". Nilesh Bhattacharya. The Times of India. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Pranati Nayak vaults to a bronze at Asian meet: For my father, a bus driver". Shivani Naik. The Indian Express. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

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