Mantu Debnath

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Mantu Debnath
Alternative name(s)Montu Debnath
Gymnastics career
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Flag of India.svg India

Mantu Debnath (also spelt as Montu Debnath) is an Indian gymnast from Tripura. [1] [2] He won gold medals at national level competition, [1] became the first Indian gymnast to win an international competition in Russia in 1969 [3] [4] and won the Arjuna Award in 1975 for his contributions in gymnastics. [1] [5] [6] Mantu is also the second Indian Arjuna awardee for gymnastics after Sham Lal [6] [5] and the first Arjuna awardee from Tripura. [1] [4] He was trained by Dalip Singh. [5]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Bhattacharya, Aditya (13 September 2016). "Flipping through the pages of Tripura's gymnastics glory". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Battling odds to make name in sport". Deccan Herald. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "How a giant leap by Dipa Karmakar bolstered the aspirations of tiny Tripura". Firstpost. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Leap to gold". The Indian Express. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 "Dipa revives gymnastics legacy in Tripura – Mysuru Today" . Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Arjuna Award Winners 2020 | List of Previous Arjuna Awardees By Year". The Prize Winner. 6 February 2020. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
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