Bhuvneshwari Kumari is a former women's squash champion from India. She is recipient of prestigious awards like Padma Shri and Arjuna Award. She is also a record holder of Guinness Book of World Records by being National champion 16 consecutive times. She belongs to the former royal family of Alwar. [1]
Kumari, also known as Princess Candy, was born at New Delhi on 1 September 1960 to Yashwant Singh and Brinda Kumari. She is the granddaughter of Maharaja Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur of Alwar. She has done her B.A. from St. Stephen's College of Delhi University. [2]
She was Women's National Squash Champion for 16 consecutive seasons (1977-1992). [3]
She is winner of 41 State titles and two International titles (Kenyan Open 1988 and 1989).
She was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1982 and the Padma Shri in 2001.
She is also co-Coach for the Indian Women's Squash team with Cyrus Poncha. They trained the team for Asian Games 2018 that were held in Jakarta, Indonesia. [4]
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