Saturday, September 13, 2008

The Commonfan’s Indian Sportswomen poll – please participate – these ladies deserve more respect

I have a new poll on Commonfan – to pick out the most popular Indian sportswoman from the current lot. I had expected this poll to get as many responses if not more than the previous polls on this blog. Sadly no one seems to care and the response has been bad. This is bad and we need to show more respect for Indian sportswomen . So to get more participation for this poll, I am writing this post and providing more information about each of these ladies. I hope this information generates a little more interest and a lot more in terms of participation. So here you go. Let the most popular lady win.

The poll is on the top right of your screen in case you haven’t noticed.

Saina Nehwal – Badminton - Currently ranked world number 14, Saina is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics.

Anju Bobby George
– Athletics - Made history when she won the bronze medal in the Long Jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics becoming the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Championships in Athletics

Koneru Humpy – Chess - Her October 2007 FIDE Elo rating was 2606, placing her at number two in the world for women (behind Judit Polgar) and becoming the second female player ever, after Judit Polgar, to cross the 2600 Elo mark

Sania Mirza - Tennis - Is the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India, with a career high ranking of 27 in singles and 18 in doubles

Anjali Bhagwat – Shooting - She won four golds in the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Dronavalli Harika - Chess - She has won three World Youth Chess Championship titles: in 2004, she won the Girls U14, and in 2006, she won the Girls U18. In 2008, she took the Girl's title at the World Junior Chess Championship

Neha Aggarwal – Table Tennis - Qualified for the Olympics at the age of 18

Dola Banerjee
- Archery - Became world champion in archery by winning the gold medal in the women's individual recurve competition at the archery world cup in November 2007

Mithali Raj – Cricket - Became famous for her score of 214 runs in a test match against England, which broke the record for the highest score in women's Test cricket. She led the Indian team to the finals in the Women's Cricket World Cup of 2005 where the team lost to Australia.

There are three options that you can choose

Other – If you think someone else is more deserving. Please post a comment with the name

I didn't know women played sports in India – This is self explanatory. I hope this post helps you to become more informed.

No sports woman is good enough to be my favourite – Again self explanatory. I am sure you have very high standards. Tell me who your favourite Indian sportsman is?

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