Aruna Budda Reddy is an Indian artistic gymnast from Hyderabad, Telangana. She is best known for becoming the first Indian gymnast to win an individual medal at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, earning a bronze in the women's vault event at the 2018 World Cup in Melbourne, Australia.
Key facts
| Full name | Aruna Budda Reddy |
|---|---|
| Sport | Artistic gymnastics |
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
| Signature event | Vault |
| Hometown | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Country | India |
| Notable achievement | Bronze medal, vault, 2018 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, Melbourne |
Background
Aruna Reddy was born and brought up in Hyderabad. She began training in gymnastics at a young age and progressed through state-level and national-level competitions in India before representing the country internationally. She has trained under coaches associated with the Sports Authority of India and competed under the aegis of the Gymnastics Federation of India.
Career
Reddy has represented India at multiple international multi-sport events and gymnastics-specific competitions. She was part of the Indian gymnastics contingent at the Commonwealth Games and at the Asian Games, competing primarily in the vault and as part of the all-around team event.
Her breakthrough on the world stage came at the 2018 Artistic Gymnastics World Cup held in Melbourne in February 2018, where she finished third in the women's vault final. This made her the first Indian gymnast to win an individual medal at a Gymnastics World Cup event, an achievement that followed Dipa Karmakar's earlier prominence in Indian artistic gymnastics through her fourth-place finish at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Significance
Reddy's medal at the 2018 World Cup was significant for Indian gymnastics, a sport in which India has historically had limited international success. Along with the rise of Dipa Karmakar, her result helped draw attention to women's artistic gymnastics in India and underlined the emergence of vault as the country's strongest apparatus on the international circuit.
Related topics
- Dipa Karmakar
- Gymnastics Federation of India
- Artistic Gymnastics World Cup
- Sports Authority of India
- Sport in Telangana
- India at the Commonwealth Games
References
- Wikidata entity: Q23883784
- Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) competition records
- Gymnastics Federation of India