Indian Champions

375 (Throughout B/W Illustrations)

About the Author
Champions arent made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, and they have to have the

skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
The road to being crowned a champion in any sport is long and arduous. Putting in long years of daily rigorous practice Kapil Dev, Sania Mirza Vishwanathan Anand, Vijendra Kumar and innumerable other champions have

all struggles hard to reach where they are today. This book brings together the life-stories of all the Indian men and women who have excelled in sports and achieved the status of champion.
Contents

Archery
Dola Bannerjee 15
Jayant Talukdar 17
Limba Rain 19
Athletics
Anju Bobby George 23
Gurbachan Singh Randhawa 23
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar 32
K.M. Binamol 35
Milkha Singh 37
M.D. Valsamma 41
Neelam Jaswant Singh 44
P.T. Usha 46
Shiny Abraham Wilson 52
Sunita Rani 55
T.C. Yohanan 59
Badminton
Aparna Popat 64
Pullela Gopichand 66
Prakash Padukone 70
Saina Nehwal 73
Billiards And Snooker
Geet Sethi 78
Michael Ferreira 80
Pankaj Advani 82
Wilson Jones 84
Boxing
Dingko Singh 88
Hawa Singh 90
M. C. Mary Kom 93
Vijender Kumar 96
Chess
Dibyendu Barua 101
Koneru Humpi 103
Krishnan Sasikiran 108
Manuel Aaron 110
Parimarjan Negi 112
Tania Sachdev 114
Vishwanathar Anand 116
Cricket
Ajit Wadekar 126
Anil Kumble 128
Bhagwat Chandrashekhar 131
Bishen Singh Bedi 134
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