Born to housewife CA Ramani and priest Ananda Sundaram, Chadalavada Ananda Sundararaman Bhavani Devi, better known as CA Bhavani Devi, was introduced to sports at her school in Chennai, when she was about 10 years old.
Four years later she enrolled at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) center in Thalassery, Kerala and appeared in her first international tournament in Turkey. Since then the 27-year-old has made her way from junior to professional and has since become a nine-time national champion.
He won his first international medal (bronze) during the 2009 Commonwealth Championships in Malaysia and recorded a similar feat at the 2010 International Open in Thailand. Devi won her first gold medal in the senior saber event at the 2018 Commonwealth Fencing Championships in Australia. In the process she became the first Indian to do so in the tournament’s 44-year history.
After some unfavorable results that same year, Devi made a surprise comeback when she won the gold medal in the saber event at the 2018 Women’s World Cup satellite tournament in Iceland.
She lost her father in 2019 and her mother was admitted to a hospital due to COVID-19 later in the year. Nevertheless, Devi managed to cement her spot for the Budapest World Cup.
age – 27
Sports/Discipline – Fencing
Working Ranking – 42
- major achievements
- silver – Women’s saber individual category, 2019 at Tournoi Satellite Fencing Competition, Ghent, Belgium.
- Gold – Senior Saber Event, 2018, Commonwealth Fencing Championships, Australia.
- Gold – Women’s saber individual category, 2017, World Fencing Championships, in Reykjavik, Iceland. (world cup event)
- A bronze – Women’s Saber Individual Category, 2015, Under-23 Asian Championship at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
- A bronze – Women’s saber in the individual category, 2015, Flemish Open, Ghent, Belgium.
- silver – Under 23 Category, 2014, Asian Championship, Philippines.
- A bronze – 2009, Commonwealth Championship, Malaysia.
Tokyo Olympic Qualification
The nine-time national champion secured a Tokyo Olympic berth at the Fencing World Cup after losing in the quarterfinals of the team event to hosts Hungary and reaching the semifinals of Korea. He qualified through the Adjusted Official Ranking (AOR) method.
recent performances
Before securing her Tokyo 2020 berth, Devi won a silver medal in the women’s saber individual event at the Tournoi satellite fencing competition held in Belgium and Iceland.
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