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Garima Chaudhary (born 2 April 1990) is an Indian judoka. She was India's sole judoka at the 2012 London Olympics, competing in the Women's (63 kg) category.
Since 2004, Chaudhary has been training with Jiwan Sharma and Divya Sharma at Patiala-based National Institute of Sports. Due to lack of proper facilities, she had to practice with boys. Chaudhury found this to be a good way to train. Sharma says that attributes such as self-belief, hard work and a winning attitude are Chaudhary's strengths.
In order to prepare for the Olympics, Chaudhary trained in Germany and France. She underwent a more competition-oriented training, studied her opponents, and focused on specific fitness aspects.
In the first elimination round of the Women's (63 kg) category at the 2012 London Olympics, Chaudhary was defeated by Yoshie Ueno by an Ippon in 81 seconds. Although this ended her challenge at the Olympics, India's sports administrators felt that she is a good medal prospect at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and the Incheon Asian Games - both in 2014.
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Chaudhary reached the quarter finals.
In South Asian Games 2019. She won gold medal in Women's 70 kg weight class.
Chaudary competed in the 2023 Asian Games. Times of India website, Asian Games: Indian judoka Garima Choudhary exits after defeat to Ryoko Salinas of Philippines, article dated September 25, 2023 She also competed in several other competitions in 2023 as well as the Tashkent Grand Slam in February 2024. International Judo Federation website, Garima Chaudhary: Contests
2012 Summer Olympics
She participated at the 2011 World Judo Championships held in Paris and at the World Cup as a part of her qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Asian Judo Championships held in Tashkent, she finished seventh in the 63 kg category. As a result of her performances, she earned 34 points and the eligibility to represent India at the London Olympics.
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